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Compare GP practices side by side
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 Weaverham Surgery and Oakwood 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 Weaverham SurgeryCW8 3EU× | Oakwood Medical CentreCW8 4LF× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 81.4likely range 75.0 to 86.2105 survey answers | 72.3likely range 60.6 to 81.999 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 | 79.8%likely range 71.0% to 86.5%, 105 answers | 65.2%likely range 48.6% to 78.9%, 99 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 84.9%likely range 79.5% to 88.6% | 88.7%likely range 83.6% to 92.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 84.6%likely range 76.6% to 90.2%, 1,652 appointments | 92.4%likely range 85.5% to 96.2%, 1,533 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 85.1%likely range 78.0% to 90.1%, 2,803 calls | 84.9%likely range 77.2% to 90.4%, 2,355 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 60.9%likely range 50.5% to 70.3%, 94 answers | 46.4%likely range 30.1% to 63.5%, 88 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 89.2%likely range 81.5% to 93.9%, 102 answers | 60.4%likely range 43.5% to 75.1%, 95 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 31.5%likely range 23.3% to 41.1%, 105 answers | 45.5%likely range 30.0% to 62.0%, 96 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 31.8%likely range 18.1% to 49.7%, 33 answers | 32.5%likely range 13.2% to 60.2%, 36 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 91.3%likely range 83.9% to 95.4%, 100 answers | 76.7%likely range 60.1% to 87.7%, 97 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 77.5%likely range 68.4% to 84.6%, 103 answers | 56.3%likely range 39.9% to 71.5%, 98 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 76.8%likely range 66.9% to 84.5%, 90 answers | 61.9%likely range 44.4% to 76.8%, 89 answers |
| Being listened to | 92.2%likely range 85.0% to 96.1%, 97 answers | 77.9%likely range 61.2% to 88.7%, 94 answers |
| Care and concern | 89.1%likely range 81.3% to 93.9%, 99 answers | 79.8%likely range 63.3% to 90.1%, 94 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 98.7%likely range 93.9% to 99.7%, 100 answers | 95.8%likely range 82.7% to 99.1%, 93 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.2%likely range 88.6% to 98.1%, 93 answers | 94.9%likely range 80.9% to 98.8%, 88 answers |
| Needs met | 93.1%likely range 86.1% to 96.7%, 99 answers | 79.4%likely range 63.0% to 89.8%, 95 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.7%likely range 85.5% to 98.8%, 46 patients | 93.2%likely range 85.1% to 97.1%, 74 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 97.6%likely range 87.4% to 99.6%, 41 patients | 86.9%likely range 78.1% to 92.5%, 84 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 100.0%likely range 93.5% to 100.0%, 55 patients | 92.8%likely range 85.8% to 96.5%, 97 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 76.8%likely range 73.9% to 79.3%, 942 patients | 74.2%likely range 71.9% to 76.5%, 1,393 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 79.5%likely range 76.4% to 82.3%, 708 patients | 79.3%likely range 76.4% to 81.9%, 827 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,820August 2026 | 9,111August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Northwich PCN | Northwich PCN |
| Phone | 01606 544342 | 01606 544241 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 66.7% good or very good15 answers, June 2026 | 94.7% good or very good263 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,593 in August 2026Same day 41.4%; face to face 71.0% | 2,554 in August 2026Same day 44.6%; face to face 59.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.53England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.0 qualified permanent3.0 including trainees and locums2,304 patients per permanent GP | 3.7 qualified permanent4.1 including trainees and locums2,476 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.