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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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Pemberton Surgery and Marsh Green Medical 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.

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MeasurePemberton SurgeryWN5 9QX×Marsh Green Medical PracticeWN5 0QL×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade94.1likely range 84.0 to 95.991 survey answers86.6likely range 83.2 to 89.3104 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Clearly above the England averageClearly above the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good97.3%likely range 82.9% to 99.6%, 91 answers83.6%likely range 79.3% to 87.2%, 104 answers
Access (mean of the two below)86.5%likely range 82.4% to 89.3%93.5%likely range 88.0% to 96.3%
Appointments within two weeks of booking96.5%likely range 91.0% to 98.7%, 1,591 appointments100.0%likely range 93.1% to 100.0%, 790 appointments
Calls answered by the practice76.4%likely range 70.3% to 81.6%, 4,505 calls87.0%likely range 78.3% to 92.5%, 1,818 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone80.3%likely range 61.2% to 91.3%, 88 answers76.9%likely range 71.8% to 81.2%, 95 answers
Reception and admin team90.8%likely range 73.9% to 97.2%, 90 answers90.2%likely range 86.5% to 92.9%, 102 answers
Having a preferred professional39.5%likely range 23.2% to 58.6%, 89 answers31.0%likely range 26.3% to 36.1%, 103 answers
Seeing your preferred professional65.9%likely range 36.3% to 86.7%, 37 answers39.1%likely range 30.4% to 48.5%, 35 answers
Knowing the next step94.2%likely range 77.2% to 98.7%, 82 answers76.6%likely range 71.7% to 80.9%, 99 answers
Contacting the practice90.4%likely range 73.1% to 97.0%, 88 answers86.3%likely range 82.2% to 89.7%, 99 answers
Wait for an appointment85.8%likely range 66.7% to 94.8%, 82 answers79.1%likely range 74.3% to 83.3%, 95 answers
Being listened to98.5%likely range 84.7% to 99.9%, 90 answers85.5%likely range 81.3% to 89.0%, 99 answers
Care and concern92.6%likely range 76.3% to 98.0%, 91 answers89.3%likely range 85.5% to 92.2%, 99 answers
Confidence and trust96.5%likely range 81.7% to 99.4%, 91 answers92.6%likely range 89.2% to 95.0%, 98 answers
Involvement in decisions97.0%likely range 82.1% to 99.6%, 88 answers89.2%likely range 85.3% to 92.2%, 96 answers
Needs met98.2%likely range 84.1% to 99.8%, 90 answers85.1%likely range 80.8% to 88.6%, 98 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months95.2%likely range 89.2% to 97.9%, 104 patients88.9%likely range 78.8% to 94.5%, 63 patients
Children at 18 months93.5%likely range 87.2% to 96.8%, 108 patients80.4%likely range 68.2% to 88.7%, 56 patients
Children at 5 years87.7%likely range 80.7% to 92.4%, 122 patients80.3%likely range 69.2% to 88.1%, 66 patients
Women aged 25 to 4969.4%likely range 67.2% to 71.6%, 1,717 patients68.0%likely range 65.0% to 71.0%, 920 patients
Women aged 50 to 6469.3%likely range 65.9% to 72.4%, 771 patients69.0%likely range 62.9% to 74.4%, 248 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients10,240August 20264,489August 2026
Primary care networkWigan Central PCNWigan Central PCN
Phone01942 36719901942 483135
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)95.0% good or very good280 answers, June 202683.7% good or very good49 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)2,801 in August 2026Same day 43.3%; face to face 76.3%1,376 in August 2026Same day 31.4%; face to face 66.7%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.84England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)5.8 qualified permanent8.3 including trainees and locums1,753 patients per permanent GP1.3 qualified permanent2.4 including trainees and locums3,507 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)GoodOutstanding

“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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