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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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Newtown Surgery and Oaks Place 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.

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MeasureNewtown SurgeryWA8 7GD×Oaks Place SurgeryWA8 7GD×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade70.0likely range 62.8 to 76.3118 survey answers76.9likely range 72.5 to 79.4131 survey answers
Label (against the England average)No labelNo label
Patients who describe the practice as good64.8%likely range 55.1% to 73.5%, 118 answers71.7%likely range 68.0% to 75.1%, 131 answers
Access (mean of the two below)82.1%likely range 74.1% to 86.4%89.0%likely range 76.8% to 90.4%
Appointments within two weeks of booking91.6%likely range 83.6% to 95.9%, 1,269 appointments98.5%likely range 86.3% to 99.9%, 465 appointments
Calls answered by the practiceNot in the grade: no phone dataNot in the grade: no phone data
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone44.4%likely range 34.7% to 54.5%, 110 answers72.5%likely range 68.7% to 76.0%, 122 answers
Reception and admin team76.3%likely range 66.8% to 83.8%, 112 answers85.7%likely range 82.6% to 88.3%, 125 answers
Having a preferred professional22.9%likely range 15.7% to 32.1%, 118 answers30.8%likely range 27.3% to 34.5%, 132 answers
Seeing your preferred professionalNot shown: fewer than 30 answers56.7%likely range 50.2% to 62.9%, 50 answers
Knowing the next step81.9%likely range 72.9% to 88.4%, 111 answers78.4%likely range 74.9% to 81.5%, 127 answers
Contacting the practice60.1%likely range 50.2% to 69.3%, 116 answers78.8%likely range 75.4% to 81.9%, 131 answers
Wait for an appointment57.1%likely range 46.4% to 67.1%, 100 answers84.9%likely range 81.5% to 87.7%, 110 answers
Being listened to73.7%likely range 64.2% to 81.5%, 114 answers78.2%likely range 74.6% to 81.3%, 124 answers
Care and concern72.2%likely range 62.5% to 80.2%, 113 answers76.8%likely range 73.2% to 80.0%, 125 answers
Confidence and trust85.6%likely range 77.2% to 91.2%, 114 answers88.2%likely range 85.2% to 90.6%, 122 answers
Involvement in decisions87.7%likely range 79.3% to 93.0%, 107 answers91.4%likely range 88.7% to 93.5%, 115 answers
Needs met88.2%likely range 80.1% to 93.2%, 111 answers87.2%likely range 84.2% to 89.8%, 119 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months81.8%likely range 68.0% to 90.5%, 44 patients94.9%likely range 83.1% to 98.6%, 39 patients
Children at 18 months75.0%likely range 61.8% to 84.8%, 52 patients80.8%likely range 68.1% to 89.2%, 52 patients
Children at 5 years80.0%likely range 67.0% to 88.8%, 50 patients81.8%likely range 69.7% to 89.8%, 55 patients
Women aged 25 to 4958.0%likely range 55.0% to 60.9%, 1,062 patients69.1%likely range 65.8% to 72.3%, 781 patients
Women aged 50 to 6463.3%likely range 59.2% to 67.2%, 564 patients75.3%likely range 69.7% to 80.1%, 259 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients6,671August 20263,889August 2026
Primary care networkWidnes PCNWidnes PCN
Phone0151 49551100151 4955140
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)No results for June 2026No results for June 2026
Appointments (one month)1,636 in August 2026Same day 52.8%; face to face 99.5%1,619 in August 2026Same day 51.8%; face to face 34.3%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.74England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.61England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)1.0 qualified permanent1.6 including trainees and locums6,583 patients per permanent GP1.0 qualified permanent1.0 including trainees and locums3,889 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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