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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
The Bolton Family Practice and Bolton 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 | The Bolton Family PracticeBL3 6RN× | Bolton Medical CentreBL3 6PY× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 82.3likely range 77.4 to 86.186 survey answers | 82.8likely range 74.8 to 88.386 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 | 81.1%likely range 74.5% to 86.3%, 86 answers | 81.2%likely range 69.9% to 89.0%, 86 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 84.8%likely range 79.3% to 88.7% | 86.3%likely range 82.1% to 89.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 93.8%likely range 87.3% to 97.1%, 1,537 appointments | 97.8%likely range 93.3% to 99.3%, 1,807 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 75.7%likely range 66.9% to 82.8%, 2,286 calls | 74.7%likely range 67.7% to 80.5%, 3,673 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 64.6%likely range 57.0% to 71.6%, 83 answers | 70.1%likely range 57.5% to 80.2%, 81 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 92.4%likely range 87.3% to 95.6%, 85 answers | 89.9%likely range 79.9% to 95.2%, 84 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 38.8%likely range 31.8% to 46.4%, 86 answers | 30.7%likely range 20.6% to 43.0%, 85 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 81.7%likely range 74.8% to 87.0%, 79 answers | 80.6%likely range 68.8% to 88.7%, 81 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 79.0%likely range 72.1% to 84.5%, 84 answers | 86.5%likely range 75.8% to 93.0%, 83 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 74.0%likely range 66.6% to 80.2%, 81 answers | 58.1%likely range 45.2% to 70.0%, 78 answers |
| Being listened to | 92.7%likely range 87.6% to 95.8%, 83 answers | 88.8%likely range 78.6% to 94.5%, 85 answers |
| Care and concern | 90.7%likely range 85.3% to 94.3%, 84 answers | 85.4%likely range 74.5% to 92.1%, 85 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 89.1%likely range 83.3% to 93.0%, 84 answers | 85.9%likely range 75.1% to 92.5%, 84 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.6%likely range 83.9% to 93.4%, 84 answers | 88.9%likely range 78.4% to 94.7%, 80 answers |
| Needs met | 86.8%likely range 80.8% to 91.2%, 84 answers | 87.7%likely range 77.0% to 93.8%, 82 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.0%likely range 79.9% to 95.3%, 60 patients | 92.2%likely range 86.2% to 95.7%, 128 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.9%likely range 77.8% to 94.8%, 54 patients | 91.0%likely range 84.9% to 94.8%, 133 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 91.7%likely range 80.4% to 96.7%, 48 patients | 89.2%likely range 83.0% to 93.4%, 139 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 60.3%likely range 56.4% to 64.0%, 637 patients | 62.5%likely range 59.9% to 65.0%, 1,434 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 55.8%likely range 49.8% to 61.7%, 265 patients | 70.7%likely range 65.8% to 75.2%, 362 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 3,943August 2026 | 7,753August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Bolton Central PCN | Bolton Central PCN |
| Phone | 01204 462141 | 01204 463900 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.0% good or very good100 answers, June 2026 | 96.3% good or very good82 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,813 in August 2026Same day 43.6%; face to face 78.4% | 3,311 in August 2026Same day 43.6%; face to face 64.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.88England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.4 qualified permanent2.2 including trainees and locums2,764 patients per permanent GP | 0.4 qualified permanent2.6 including trainees and locums |
| 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.