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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
Layton Medical Centre and Newton Drive Health 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.
| Measure | Layton Medical CentreFY3 7EN× | Newton Drive Health CentreFY3 8NX× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 73.7likely range 65.3 to 80.3100 survey answers | 78.6likely range 65.0 to 86.498 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 | 73.2%likely range 61.5% to 82.5%, 100 answers | 80.5%likely range 61.2% to 91.6%, 98 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 74.6%likely range 69.3% to 78.9% | 74.0%likely range 69.9% to 77.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 78.4%likely range 70.4% to 84.6%, 1,931 appointments | 86.0%likely range 81.1% to 89.7%, 3,830 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 70.8%likely range 63.9% to 76.8%, 3,923 calls | 62.0%likely range 55.5% to 68.0%, 4,788 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 34.1%likely range 23.7% to 46.4%, 97 answers | 49.7%likely range 30.6% to 69.0%, 90 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 70.6%likely range 58.7% to 80.2%, 100 answers | 87.4%likely range 68.0% to 95.8%, 90 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 33.9%likely range 23.7% to 46.0%, 100 answers | 31.9%likely range 16.9% to 52.0%, 96 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 27.4%likely range 12.6% to 49.8%, 31 answers | 62.3%likely range 30.0% to 86.4%, 33 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 85.1%likely range 74.0% to 91.9%, 92 answers | 90.3%likely range 71.5% to 97.2%, 89 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 71.0%likely range 59.0% to 80.6%, 99 answers | 76.2%likely range 55.8% to 89.0%, 92 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 67.5%likely range 55.0% to 77.9%, 94 answers | 75.5%likely range 54.6% to 88.8%, 88 answers |
| Being listened to | 83.4%likely range 72.5% to 90.5%, 99 answers | 86.0%likely range 66.6% to 95.0%, 92 answers |
| Care and concern | 78.7%likely range 67.3% to 86.9%, 99 answers | 87.3%likely range 68.0% to 95.7%, 91 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.0%likely range 81.5% to 95.9%, 97 answers | 90.9%likely range 72.6% to 97.4%, 92 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.9%likely range 83.6% to 97.1%, 93 answers | 95.5%likely range 77.5% to 99.2%, 84 answers |
| Needs met | 88.2%likely range 78.1% to 94.0%, 98 answers | 91.5%likely range 73.2% to 97.7%, 91 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 94.3%likely range 87.2% to 97.5%, 87 patients | 92.0%likely range 85.9% to 95.6%, 125 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 90.7%likely range 82.0% to 95.4%, 75 patients | 89.5%likely range 83.1% to 93.6%, 133 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.6%likely range 78.4% to 92.0%, 97 patients | 91.3%likely range 85.4% to 95.0%, 138 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 59.4%likely range 56.8% to 62.0%, 1,384 patients | 63.5%likely range 61.6% to 65.5%, 2,337 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 59.3%likely range 55.7% to 62.8%, 735 patients | 70.9%likely range 68.1% to 73.5%, 1,096 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,264August 2026 | 12,275August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Blackpool Central PCN | Blackpool Central PCN |
| Phone | 01253 951955 | 01253 955717 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 85.2% good or very good330 answers, June 2026 | 96.1% good or very good510 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,581 in August 2026Same day 46.1%; face to face 59.3% | 5,145 in August 2026Same day 33.4%; face to face 65.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.95England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.80England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.7 qualified permanent4.7 including trainees and locums1,756 patients per permanent GP | 5.7 qualified permanent7.4 including trainees and locums2,148 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.