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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 Chorley Surgery and Library House 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.
| Measure | The Chorley SurgeryPR7 2EJ× | Library House SurgeryPR7 2AD× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 74.4likely range 64.9 to 81.8105 survey answers | 75.1likely range 58.0 to 83.697 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 | 71.9%likely range 58.5% to 82.3%, 105 answers | 81.6%likely range 57.2% to 93.6%, 97 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 80.0%likely range 75.2% to 84.0%Clearly higher | 59.9%likely range 55.8% to 63.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 83.3%likely range 78.1% to 87.5%, 3,721 appointmentsClearly higher | 66.5%likely range 60.2% to 72.3%, 3,505 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 76.7%likely range 68.4% to 83.3%, 2,531 callsClearly higher | 53.2%likely range 47.9% to 58.4%, 7,228 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 58.4%likely range 44.4% to 71.1%, 99 answers | 49.3%likely range 27.2% to 71.8%, 95 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 90.2%likely range 78.9% to 95.7%, 102 answers | 90.1%likely range 66.3% to 97.7%, 93 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 19.7%likely range 11.2% to 32.5%, 105 answers | 33.0%likely range 15.3% to 57.3%, 98 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 44.4%likely range 14.4% to 79.1%, 34 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 88.6%likely range 77.0% to 94.8%, 101 answers | 85.8%likely range 61.0% to 95.9%, 92 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 66.2%likely range 52.5% to 77.6%, 104 answers | 77.0%likely range 52.0% to 91.1%, 95 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 67.1%likely range 52.4% to 79.1%, 90 answers | 65.9%likely range 40.5% to 84.5%, 89 answers |
| Being listened to | 84.1%likely range 71.4% to 91.8%, 99 answers | 88.8%likely range 65.0% to 97.1%, 95 answers |
| Care and concern | 92.5%likely range 81.7% to 97.2%, 99 answers | 88.3%likely range 64.5% to 96.9%, 96 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.0%likely range 87.8% to 99.3%, 98 answers | 93.0%likely range 69.8% to 98.7%, 93 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.5%likely range 80.0% to 96.7%, 94 answers | 98.7%likely range 77.4% to 99.9%, 91 answers |
| Needs met | 93.1%likely range 82.5% to 97.4%, 101 answers | 97.5%likely range 75.4% to 99.8%, 90 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 86.5%likely range 78.7% to 91.8%, 104 patients | 93.9%likely range 88.5% to 96.9%, 132 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 84.7%likely range 76.8% to 90.2%, 111 patients | 84.9%likely range 77.6% to 90.1%, 126 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 87.4%likely range 79.9% to 92.3%, 111 patients | 82.6%likely range 75.8% to 87.7%, 155 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 66.4%likely range 64.1% to 68.6%, 1,717 patients | 69.9%likely range 68.1% to 71.6%, 2,570 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 69.9%likely range 66.6% to 72.9%, 816 patients | 69.4%likely range 67.1% to 71.7%, 1,502 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,860August 2026 | 16,618August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Chorley Central PCN | Chorley Central PCN |
| Phone | 01257 513970 | 01257 262801 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.8% good or very good368 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,717 in August 2026Same day 56.0%; face to face 40.7% | 6,224 in August 2026Same day 39.9%; face to face 68.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.68England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.80England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.0 qualified permanent7.0 including trainees and locums2,457 patients per permanent GP | 7.8 qualified permanent16.2 including trainees and locums2,120 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.