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Pick two to four practices. Each column shows the Practice Grade with its likely range and the number of answers, the other survey questions, and facts from NHS England. We point a practice out as higher only when the survey can show it. Otherwise we say they cannot be told apart.
Comparison
Irwell Medical Practice and Waterfoot Medical Practice cannot be told apart on the Practice Grade. The likely ranges overlap, so the data does not show that one is ahead of the other, whatever the two numbers are.
| Measure | Irwell Medical PracticeOL13 9NR× | Waterfoot Medical PracticeBB4 7DN× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 77.3likely range 62.0 to 85.9104 survey answers | 80.1likely range 70.7 to 86.2100 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 79.6%likely range 57.8% to 91.8%, 104 answers | 81.2%likely range 67.9% to 89.8%, 100 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 71.7%likely range 68.4% to 74.7% | 77.2%likely range 73.2% to 80.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 81.2%likely range 76.8% to 84.9%, 5,409 appointments | 87.6%likely range 82.6% to 91.4%, 3,339 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 62.2%likely range 57.1% to 66.9%, 7,824 calls | 66.6%likely range 60.3% to 72.4%, 4,875 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 70.2%likely range 47.3% to 86.1%, 97 answers | 69.4%likely range 54.3% to 81.2%, 90 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 87.3%likely range 65.9% to 96.1%, 100 answers | 81.9%likely range 68.0% to 90.6%, 93 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 30.4%likely range 14.8% to 52.4%, 105 answers | 37.5%likely range 25.1% to 51.8%, 100 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 47.1%likely range 16.9% to 79.6%, 33 answers | 53.0%likely range 30.8% to 74.0%, 37 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 90.1%likely range 69.3% to 97.3%, 100 answers | 81.7%likely range 68.1% to 90.3%, 96 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 82.6%likely range 61.0% to 93.6%, 103 answers | 76.3%likely range 62.4% to 86.2%, 99 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 54.3%likely range 32.9% to 74.2%, 98 answers | 73.5%likely range 58.3% to 84.6%, 87 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.5%likely range 64.9% to 95.7%, 99 answers | 79.1%likely range 65.2% to 88.4%, 96 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.3%likely range 65.9% to 96.1%, 100 answers | 80.1%likely range 66.4% to 89.2%, 97 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.0%likely range 74.1% to 98.8%, 99 answers | 88.4%likely range 76.0% to 94.9%, 96 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.2%likely range 72.4% to 98.6%, 94 answers | 89.6%likely range 77.1% to 95.7%, 92 answers |
| Needs met | 94.1%likely range 74.5% to 98.9%, 101 answers | 90.5%likely range 78.5% to 96.1%, 96 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.4%likely range 87.9% to 96.5%, 136 patients | 97.1%likely range 89.9% to 99.2%, 68 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 83.0%likely range 76.3% to 88.1%, 153 patients | 80.0%likely range 68.7% to 87.9%, 65 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 88.0%likely range 82.2% to 92.1%, 167 patients | 82.7%likely range 74.0% to 88.9%, 98 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 77.0%likely range 75.3% to 78.6%, 2,459 patients | 73.9%likely range 71.7% to 76.1%, 1,511 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.9%likely range 72.5% to 77.1%, 1,346 patients | 77.3%likely range 74.5% to 79.9%, 921 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 15,434August 2026 | 9,294August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Rossendale East PCN | Rossendale East PCN |
| Phone | 01706 253422 | 01706 253300 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 89.9% good or very good199 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 7,233 in August 2026Same day 40.8%; face to face 53.8% | 5,898 in August 2026Same day 68.1%; face to face 28.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.49England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 10.8 qualified permanent14.4 including trainees and locums1,434 patients per permanent GP | 4.1 qualified permanent5.0 including trainees and locums2,263 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Outstanding | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s likely range lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the ranges overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice Grade weighs the survey and access, from NHS appointment and phone data; the other survey questions are from the 2026 GP Patient Survey. The facts are from NHS England, the Care Quality Commission and OHID, are not part of the grade, and are shown as each practice’s own record. NHS England advises against ranking practices on the Friends and Family Test or on appointment figures, and we point nothing out in the facts, vaccination or screening rows.
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The Practice Grade is the same figure as on each practice’s page, with its margin of error. Two practices whose margins overlap cannot be told apart, however far apart the two numbers look. That is why a bigger number alone never gets a mark here. How we grade.
Sources
- 2026 GP Patient Survey: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/
- Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence
- Contains information from the Care Quality Commission, licensed under the Open Government Licence. CQC must be acknowledged as the source of the data; CQC is not responsible for our analysis.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Antibiotic prescribing: UK Health Security Agency and Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (Fingertips), from NHS Business Services Authority prescribing data.