Skip to main content
Practice Grade
Search

Compare

Compare GP practices side by side

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

Meadowview Surgery’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Dr Vasanth’s: its likely range lies wholly above.

A page for this pair

MeasureMeadowview SurgeryM46 0LE×Dr VasanthM46 0LE×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade90.9likely range 85.8 to 93.7105 survey answersClearly higher76.6likely range 71.5 to 80.083 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Clearly above the England averageCannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good91.6%likely range 84.6% to 95.5%, 105 answersClearly higher73.7%likely range 69.5% to 77.5%, 83 answers
Access (mean of the two below)89.0%likely range 84.9% to 92.0%83.2%likely range 69.2% to 90.2%
Appointments within two weeks of booking98.7%likely range 95.6% to 99.6%, 2,527 appointmentsClearly higher82.9%likely range 58.2% to 94.4%, 234 appointments
Calls answered by the practice79.3%likely range 71.7% to 85.2%, 2,820 calls83.4%likely range 70.2% to 91.5%, 965 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone89.0%likely range 81.3% to 93.8%, 99 answers68.8%likely range 64.2% to 73.0%, 76 answers
Reception and admin team97.8%likely range 92.7% to 99.3%, 103 answers93.2%likely range 90.4% to 95.2%, 77 answers
Having a preferred professional34.5%likely range 26.1% to 44.0%, 106 answers43.8%likely range 39.3% to 48.5%, 81 answers
Seeing your preferred professional76.0%likely range 57.6% to 88.1%, 30 answers80.9%likely range 74.1% to 86.3%, 30 answers
Knowing the next step89.3%likely range 81.8% to 93.9%, 104 answers84.7%likely range 80.9% to 87.8%, 77 answers
Contacting the practice91.1%likely range 84.1% to 95.2%, 105 answers72.6%likely range 68.3% to 76.5%, 80 answers
Wait for an appointment99.0%likely range 94.4% to 99.8%, 97 answers66.4%likely range 61.6% to 70.8%, 73 answers
Being listened to98.7%likely range 94.2% to 99.7%, 104 answers83.9%likely range 80.3% to 87.0%, 81 answers
Care and concern97.6%likely range 92.5% to 99.3%, 104 answers80.3%likely range 76.3% to 83.7%, 79 answers
Confidence and trust98.7%likely range 94.1% to 99.7%, 103 answers89.6%likely range 86.3% to 92.1%, 78 answers
Involvement in decisions98.3%likely range 93.4% to 99.6%, 103 answers92.7%likely range 89.8% to 94.8%, 75 answers
Needs met98.6%likely range 94.0% to 99.7%, 104 answers84.7%likely range 81.0% to 87.7%, 80 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months90.4%likely range 81.5% to 95.3%, 73 patientsFewer than 10 eligible patients
Children at 18 months92.9%likely range 86.0% to 96.5%, 98 patients73.3%likely range 48.0% to 89.1%, 15 patients
Children at 5 years86.4%likely range 77.3% to 92.2%, 81 patients71.4%likely range 45.4% to 88.3%, 14 patients
Women aged 25 to 4973.0%likely range 70.4% to 75.5%, 1,149 patients71.9%likely range 65.9% to 77.3%, 235 patients
Women aged 50 to 6473.8%likely range 69.8% to 77.4%, 515 patients70.7%likely range 63.4% to 77.0%, 167 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients6,749August 20261,810August 2026
Primary care networkTaba Wigan PCNTaba Wigan PCN
Phone01942 48106001942 481040
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)100.0% good or very good48 answers, June 202689.7% good or very good39 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)3,223 in August 2026Same day 71.6%; face to face 49.6%420 in August 2026Same day 23.3%; face to face 91.9%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.68England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)3.4 qualified permanent8.4 including trainees and locums2,017 patients per permanent GP1.3 qualified permanent1.3 including trainees and locums1,414 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.

Add a practice

A name, or a postcode such as TS3 6AL (your browser looks it up with postcodes.io; we do not receive or store it).

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.

All sources and licences