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Patterdale Lodge Med Ctre and Newton Practice 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.
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, so a bigger number alone never gets a mark here. How we grade.
| Measure | Patterdale Lodge Med CtreWA12 9NA× | Newton PracticeWA12 0JJ× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 78.5likely range 65.5 to 86.5105 survey answers | 69.5likely range 56.6 to 80.292 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 78.5%likely range 60.2% to 89.8%, 105 answers | 62.6%likely range 44.4% to 77.8%, 92 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 78.2%likely range 72.2% to 82.4% | 85.6%likely range 78.0% to 88.7% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 87.7%likely range 81.7% to 91.9%, 2,441 appointments | 95.1%likely range 87.5% to 98.2%, 1,091 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 60.8%likely range 42.0% to 76.8%, 102 answers | 35.4%likely range 20.4% to 54.0%, 89 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 92.6%likely range 76.6% to 97.9%, 104 answers | 77.5%likely range 59.5% to 89.0%, 92 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 30.3%likely range 16.4% to 49.1%, 104 answers | 28.2%likely range 15.1% to 46.5%, 92 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 30.0%likely range 9.7% to 63.1%, 33 answers | 50.0%likely range 22.4% to 77.5%, 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 76.7%likely range 57.7% to 88.8%, 100 answers | 64.1%likely range 45.3% to 79.3%, 87 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 81.3%likely range 63.0% to 91.7%, 103 answers | 47.8%likely range 30.7% to 65.4%, 90 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 76.8%likely range 56.8% to 89.3%, 91 answers | 51.3%likely range 32.8% to 69.4%, 80 answers |
| Being listened to | 88.2%likely range 70.8% to 95.8%, 101 answers | 73.4%likely range 55.0% to 86.2%, 90 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.6%likely range 71.3% to 96.0%, 101 answers | 69.7%likely range 51.2% to 83.5%, 90 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.8%likely range 82.0% to 99.5%, 100 answers | 85.8%likely range 68.4% to 94.4%, 88 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.5%likely range 77.3% to 98.4%, 99 answers | 81.7%likely range 63.4% to 92.1%, 85 answers |
| Needs met | 93.9%likely range 77.9% to 98.6%, 99 answers | 80.2%likely range 62.2% to 90.9%, 89 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.3%likely range 86.9% to 96.7%, 105 patients | 92.5%likely range 86.8% to 95.9%, 134 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.2%likely range 79.7% to 93.5%, 85 patients | 94.8%likely range 89.2% to 97.6%, 116 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 88.1%likely range 80.7% to 92.9%, 109 patients | 94.9%likely range 89.8% to 97.5%, 137 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 74.0%likely range 72.0% to 75.9%, 1,874 patients | 71.2%likely range 69.3% to 73.1%, 2,090 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.7%likely range 71.0% to 76.2%, 1,106 patients | 68.0%likely range 64.6% to 71.2%, 760 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,587August 2026 | 10,398August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Newton and Haydock PCN | Newton and Haydock PCN |
| Phone | 01925 227111 | 01744 624885 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 75.0% good or very good8 answers, June 2026 | 76.8% good or very good56 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,579 in August 2026Same day 50.5%; face to face 76.2% | 1,695 in August 2026Same day 36.1%; face to face 73.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.71England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.2 qualified permanent9.0 including trainees and locums2,234 patients per permanent GP | 1.6 qualified permanent3.4 including trainees and locums6,723 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s whole margin of error lies above every other practice’s here. When the margins 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.
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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