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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
Padgate Medical Centre and Birchwood Medical 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 | Padgate Medical CentreWA2 0RX× | Birchwood Medical CentreWA3 7PJ× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 81.1likely range 70.3 to 88.490 survey answers | 72.8likely range 62.2 to 80.8113 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 | 77.8%likely range 62.4% to 88.1%, 90 answers | 72.1%likely range 57.0% to 83.4%, 113 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 88.7%likely range 84.5% to 91.6%Clearly higher | 74.4%likely range 70.1% to 78.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 91.5%likely range 86.5% to 94.8%, 2,719 appointmentsClearly higher | 81.3%likely range 75.5% to 86.1%, 3,155 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 85.7%likely range 78.9% to 90.6%, 2,834 callsClearly higher | 67.3%likely range 61.1% to 73.0%, 4,859 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 66.8%likely range 50.1% to 80.1%, 82 answers | 38.9%likely range 25.6% to 54.0%, 114 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 87.2%likely range 72.8% to 94.6%, 87 answers | 78.6%likely range 63.9% to 88.4%, 112 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 12.8%likely range 5.5% to 26.9%, 90 answers | 34.2%likely range 21.7% to 49.4%, 114 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 32.6%likely range 13.6% to 59.8%, 36 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.2%likely range 75.0% to 95.8%, 85 answers | 76.3%likely range 61.3% to 86.7%, 111 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 83.5%likely range 68.6% to 92.1%, 88 answers | 61.1%likely range 46.0% to 74.4%, 114 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 64.9%likely range 47.8% to 78.9%, 78 answers | 56.8%likely range 41.2% to 71.3%, 104 answers |
| Being listened to | 94.4%likely range 81.9% to 98.4%, 86 answers | 87.4%likely range 73.8% to 94.4%, 110 answers |
| Care and concern | 94.6%likely range 82.1% to 98.5%, 86 answers | 80.7%likely range 66.1% to 90.0%, 110 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.8%likely range 82.3% to 98.6%, 85 answers | 91.5%likely range 78.8% to 96.9%, 109 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.6%likely range 82.9% to 99.0%, 80 answers | 86.5%likely range 71.6% to 94.2%, 97 answers |
| Needs met | 92.4%likely range 79.2% to 97.5%, 86 answers | 92.1%likely range 79.8% to 97.2%, 111 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.1%likely range 79.2% to 97.3%, 38 patients | 88.1%likely range 78.2% to 93.8%, 67 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 94.1%likely range 84.1% to 98.0%, 51 patients | 90.2%likely range 81.9% to 95.0%, 82 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 87.5%likely range 76.4% to 93.8%, 56 patients | 93.8%likely range 85.0% to 97.5%, 64 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 74.5%likely range 71.8% to 77.0%, 1,066 patients | 70.5%likely range 68.3% to 72.7%, 1,629 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 72.2%likely range 68.6% to 75.5%, 647 patients | 75.2%likely range 72.4% to 77.8%, 1,000 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,887August 2026 | 10,461August 2026 |
| Primary care network | East Warrington PCN | East Warrington PCN |
| Phone | 01925 815333 | 01925 823502 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 88.0% good or very good50 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,036 in August 2026Same day 61.3%; face to face 51.5% | 5,182 in August 2026Same day 48.3%; face to face 59.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.57England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.4 qualified permanent5.3 including trainees and locums2,026 patients per permanent GP | 6.2 qualified permanent7.3 including trainees and locums1,683 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.