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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
Watling Street Surgery and Witton Street 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 | Watling Street SurgeryCW9 5EX× | Witton Street SurgeryCW9 5QU× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.8likely range 74.8 to 85.5118 survey answers | 84.5likely range 74.8 to 90.7108 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 78.3%likely range 70.0% to 84.8%, 118 answers | 81.3%likely range 67.5% to 90.1%, 108 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 86.6%likely range 80.6% to 90.5% | 91.9%likely range 88.6% to 94.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 84.1%likely range 75.1% to 90.2%, 1,374 appointments | 91.0%likely range 86.7% to 93.9%, 3,785 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 89.0%likely range 81.0% to 93.9%, 1,917 calls | 92.7%likely range 87.8% to 95.8%, 3,547 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 49.7%likely range 40.5% to 59.0%, 109 answers | 77.3%likely range 62.3% to 87.6%, 98 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 86.6%likely range 79.0% to 91.7%, 112 answers | 96.3%likely range 85.9% to 99.1%, 105 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 35.4%likely range 27.3% to 44.4%, 118 answers | 37.8%likely range 25.0% to 52.6%, 107 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 26.5%likely range 15.1% to 42.2%, 40 answers | 29.4%likely range 12.4% to 55.1%, 37 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 85.5%likely range 77.8% to 90.9%, 112 answers | 83.7%likely range 69.5% to 92.1%, 99 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 68.4%likely range 59.4% to 76.2%, 116 answers | 78.7%likely range 64.2% to 88.4%, 103 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 76.8%likely range 67.8% to 83.9%, 104 answers | 73.5%likely range 58.1% to 84.8%, 96 answers |
| Being listened to | 88.5%likely range 81.4% to 93.2%, 114 answers | 83.5%likely range 69.6% to 91.8%, 104 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.7%likely range 81.6% to 93.3%, 115 answers | 82.7%likely range 68.8% to 91.2%, 105 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.6%likely range 86.2% to 96.1%, 113 answers | 93.5%likely range 82.0% to 97.9%, 105 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 88.6%likely range 81.5% to 93.2%, 114 answers | 95.0%likely range 83.3% to 98.6%, 96 answers |
| Needs met | 92.2%likely range 85.7% to 95.9%, 112 answers | 80.0%likely range 65.7% to 89.3%, 104 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 94.4%likely range 81.9% to 98.5%, 36 patients | 91.1%likely range 83.9% to 95.2%, 101 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.9%likely range 76.5% to 95.2%, 45 patients | 89.1%likely range 81.9% to 93.6%, 110 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 93.5%likely range 82.5% to 97.8%, 46 patients | 94.6%likely range 88.7% to 97.5%, 111 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 64.3%likely range 61.1% to 67.3%, 913 patients | 67.0%likely range 64.8% to 69.2%, 1,725 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.0%likely range 67.6% to 74.2%, 717 patients | 74.5%likely range 71.7% to 77.2%, 966 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,730August 2026 | 10,540August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Northwich PCN | Northwich PCN |
| Phone | 01606 42452 | 01606 544850 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,598 in August 2026Same day 57.8%; face to face 78.5% | 4,646 in August 2026Same day 65.5%; face to face 38.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.56England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.74England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.4 qualified permanent7.2 including trainees and locums1,539 patients per permanent GP | 5.3 qualified permanent8.5 including trainees and locums1,996 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.