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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.

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Latchford Medical Centre and Stockton Heath Med.centre 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.

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MeasureLatchford Medical CentreWA4 1LJ×Stockton Heath Med.centreWA4 6HJ×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade69.9likely range 58.9 to 79.088 survey answers73.1likely range 60.4 to 81.8132 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageCannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good64.5%likely range 48.9% to 77.4%, 88 answers73.9%likely range 55.9% to 86.3%, 132 answers
Access (mean of the two below)82.5%likely range 78.0% to 86.2%Clearly higher70.9%likely range 67.5% to 74.1%
Appointments within two weeks of booking93.3%likely range 88.7% to 96.2%, 2,715 appointments90.6%likely range 87.4% to 93.0%, 6,392 appointments
Calls answered by the practice71.7%likely range 63.8% to 78.4%, 3,009 callsClearly higher51.2%likely range 45.2% to 57.1%, 5,636 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone56.5%likely range 40.5% to 71.2%, 81 answers29.0%likely range 15.4% to 47.8%, 122 answers
Reception and admin team83.7%likely range 69.4% to 92.1%, 88 answers80.9%likely range 63.0% to 91.4%, 126 answers
Having a preferred professional26.2%likely range 15.2% to 41.4%, 89 answers19.9%likely range 9.3% to 37.6%, 130 answers
Seeing your preferred professionalNot shown: fewer than 30 answersNot shown: fewer than 30 answers
Knowing the next step89.7%likely range 76.1% to 96.0%, 83 answers87.3%likely range 70.2% to 95.3%, 124 answers
Contacting the practice67.2%likely range 51.7% to 79.7%, 88 answers67.1%likely range 48.9% to 81.3%, 130 answers
Wait for an appointment60.2%likely range 43.6% to 74.8%, 76 answers77.7%likely range 59.1% to 89.4%, 121 answers
Being listened to84.3%likely range 69.4% to 92.7%, 82 answers85.8%likely range 68.8% to 94.3%, 129 answers
Care and concern78.0%likely range 62.2% to 88.4%, 80 answers85.8%likely range 68.9% to 94.3%, 129 answers
Confidence and trust91.9%likely range 78.3% to 97.2%, 79 answers88.2%likely range 71.5% to 95.7%, 127 answers
Involvement in decisions90.2%likely range 75.8% to 96.4%, 76 answers94.9%likely range 80.0% to 98.9%, 124 answers
Needs met87.9%likely range 73.6% to 95.0%, 81 answers88.2%likely range 71.7% to 95.7%, 129 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months85.7%likely range 76.7% to 91.6%, 84 patients90.3%likely range 83.4% to 94.5%, 113 patients
Children at 18 months92.5%likely range 84.6% to 96.5%, 80 patients89.5%likely range 82.5% to 93.9%, 114 patients
Children at 5 years89.2%likely range 80.1% to 94.4%, 74 patients91.3%likely range 85.2% to 95.1%, 127 patients
Women aged 25 to 4970.9%likely range 68.6% to 73.0%, 1,681 patients76.9%likely range 75.2% to 78.6%, 2,392 patients
Women aged 50 to 6469.8%likely range 66.2% to 73.2%, 666 patients79.5%likely range 77.5% to 81.3%, 1,704 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients8,374August 202616,362August 2026
Primary care networkSouth Warrington PCNSouth Warrington PCN
Phone01925 63750801925 604427
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)89.7% good or very good107 answers, June 2026No results for June 2026
Appointments (one month)4,837 in August 2026Same day 66.9%; face to face 84.2%9,034 in August 2026Same day 72.0%; face to face 77.5%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.46England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)3.9 qualified permanent5.8 including trainees and locums2,166 patients per permanent GP8.4 qualified permanent13.1 including trainees and locums1,950 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)GoodGood

“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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How to read it

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.

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