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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
Walmersley Road Medical Practice’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Rock Healthcare Limited’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
| Measure | Walmersley Road Medical PracticeBL9 6DX× | Rock Healthcare LimitedBL9 0NJ× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 79.9likely range 75.5 to 83.2107 survey answersClearly higher | 60.0likely range 48.6 to 70.791 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 76.3%likely range 70.9% to 81.0%, 107 answersClearly higher | 55.0%likely range 39.1% to 70.0%, 91 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 88.1%likely range 80.8% to 89.9%Clearly higher | 71.5%likely range 62.8% to 77.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.6%likely range 90.3% to 99.4%, 964 appointmentsClearly higher | 81.0%likely range 72.3% to 87.4%, 1,551 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 | 57.1%likely range 51.1% to 62.9%, 103 answers | 38.4%likely range 24.1% to 55.0%, 87 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 83.3%likely range 78.4% to 87.2%, 106 answers | 67.5%likely range 50.8% to 80.7%, 87 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 51.0%likely range 45.1% to 56.8%, 107 answers | 27.8%likely range 15.8% to 44.0%, 91 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 56.1%likely range 48.0% to 63.8%, 59 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 79.3%likely range 73.8% to 83.9%, 94 answers | 70.8%likely range 53.6% to 83.6%, 82 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 69.9%likely range 64.1% to 75.0%, 105 answers | 52.5%likely range 36.4% to 68.1%, 87 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.1%likely range 69.2% to 80.1%, 94 answers | 34.2%likely range 20.0% to 52.0%, 77 answers |
| Being listened to | 82.0%likely range 76.9% to 86.2%, 103 answers | 81.0%likely range 65.0% to 90.7%, 87 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.3%likely range 78.3% to 87.3%, 101 answers | 69.1%likely range 52.3% to 82.0%, 86 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.8%likely range 88.9% to 95.4%, 98 answers | 79.4%likely range 62.9% to 89.7%, 84 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.3%likely range 84.8% to 92.6%, 95 answers | 79.4%likely range 63.1% to 89.7%, 85 answers |
| Needs met | 82.8%likely range 77.6% to 87.0%, 96 answers | 85.0%likely range 69.6% to 93.4%, 87 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 81.3%likely range 70.0% to 88.9%, 64 patients | 83.5%likely range 75.6% to 89.2%, 115 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 82.3%likely range 72.4% to 89.1%, 79 patients | 73.2%likely range 64.9% to 80.2%, 127 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 76.3%likely range 65.6% to 84.5%, 76 patients | 73.4%likely range 66.0% to 79.7%, 158 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 49.8%likely range 46.3% to 53.3%, 793 patients | 56.5%likely range 54.3% to 58.6%, 2,064 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 66.1%likely range 59.8% to 71.8%, 236 patients | 62.0%likely range 57.5% to 66.3%, 458 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 4,686August 2026 | 9,330August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Bury PCN | Bury PCN |
| Phone | 0161 7646100 | 0161 4479820 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.7% good or very good41 answers, June 2026 | 80.4% good or very good153 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,497 in August 2026Same day 45.3%; face to face 80.0% | 3,144 in August 2026Same day 27.5%; face to face 66.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.61England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.57England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.2 qualified permanent1.2 including trainees and locums3,905 patients per permanent GP | 2.5 qualified permanent2.5 including trainees and locums3,697 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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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.