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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
Kirkham Health Centre and Ash Tree House Surgery 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 | Kirkham Health CentrePR4 2DL× | Ash Tree House SurgeryPR4 2SE× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 75.8likely range 68.9 to 81.2123 survey answers | 85.2likely range 78.6 to 89.5135 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 74.3%likely range 64.6% to 82.0%, 123 answers | 87.0%likely range 77.6% to 92.9%, 135 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 79.0%likely range 74.9% to 82.4% | 81.0%likely range 77.0% to 84.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 77.0%likely range 70.2% to 82.7%, 2,649 appointments | 89.1%likely range 83.6% to 92.9%, 2,629 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 80.8%likely range 76.2% to 84.7%, 6,888 calls | 72.7%likely range 67.0% to 77.8%, 5,325 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 78.0%likely range 68.5% to 85.2%, 120 answers | 73.3%likely range 62.1% to 82.2%, 130 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 78.8%likely range 69.4% to 85.9%, 121 answers | 93.5%likely range 85.5% to 97.3%, 134 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 42.1%likely range 32.5% to 52.3%, 120 answers | 31.5%likely range 22.1% to 42.7%, 136 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 61.3%likely range 44.9% to 75.4%, 48 answers | 31.8%likely range 16.6% to 52.3%, 43 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 86.4%likely range 77.9% to 92.0%, 120 answers | 93.3%likely range 85.0% to 97.2%, 129 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 75.8%likely range 66.3% to 83.4%, 123 answers | 85.1%likely range 75.3% to 91.4%, 134 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 47.3%likely range 37.2% to 57.6%, 116 answers | 71.6%likely range 59.8% to 81.0%, 120 answers |
| Being listened to | 82.2%likely range 73.1% to 88.7%, 120 answers | 93.5%likely range 85.4% to 97.3%, 132 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.0%likely range 74.0% to 89.4%, 119 answers | 92.6%likely range 84.2% to 96.7%, 132 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 88.8%likely range 80.7% to 93.7%, 121 answers | 94.9%likely range 87.3% to 98.0%, 134 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 87.4%likely range 78.9% to 92.8%, 116 answers | 96.9%likely range 89.8% to 99.1%, 127 answers |
| Needs met | 88.2%likely range 80.0% to 93.3%, 120 answers | 87.7%likely range 78.3% to 93.4%, 134 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.4%likely range 79.9% to 93.6%, 86 patients | 92.1%likely range 85.7% to 95.8%, 114 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 90.7%likely range 82.7% to 95.2%, 86 patients | 94.9%likely range 89.3% to 97.6%, 117 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.6%likely range 82.4% to 94.1%, 106 patients | 91.1%likely range 84.7% to 94.9%, 123 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 72.7%likely range 70.4% to 74.9%, 1,480 patients | 74.8%likely range 72.7% to 76.7%, 1,859 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.5%likely range 68.5% to 74.3%, 940 patients | 78.3%likely range 75.8% to 80.5%, 1,145 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,853August 2026 | 12,038August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Kirkham & Wesham | Kirkham & Wesham |
| Phone | 01772 683420 | 01772 686688 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.0% good or very good25 answers, June 2026 | 92.0% good or very good50 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,765 in August 2026Same day 33.9%; face to face 61.0% | 4,345 in August 2026Same day 24.5%; face to face 72.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.02England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.86England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.7 qualified permanent4.7 including trainees and locums2,087 patients per permanent GP | 5.6 qualified permanent7.3 including trainees and locums2,133 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | 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.