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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.

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Witton Street Surgery and Middlewich Road 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.

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MeasureWitton Street SurgeryCW9 5QU×Middlewich Road SurgeryCW9 7DB×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade84.5likely range 74.8 to 90.7108 survey answers78.5likely range 70.6 to 84.4103 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageCannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good81.3%likely range 67.5% to 90.1%, 108 answers77.8%likely range 66.7% to 86.0%, 103 answers
Access (mean of the two below)91.9%likely range 88.6% to 94.0%Clearly higher80.1%likely range 75.2% to 84.1%
Appointments within two weeks of booking91.0%likely range 86.7% to 93.9%, 3,785 appointments87.5%likely range 80.9% to 92.1%, 2,054 appointments
Calls answered by the practice92.7%likely range 87.8% to 95.8%, 3,547 callsClearly higher72.6%likely range 65.2% to 79.0%, 3,307 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone77.3%likely range 62.3% to 87.6%, 98 answers57.8%likely range 45.8% to 69.0%, 99 answers
Reception and admin team96.3%likely range 85.9% to 99.1%, 105 answers83.6%likely range 73.0% to 90.6%, 101 answers
Having a preferred professional37.8%likely range 25.0% to 52.6%, 107 answers42.6%likely range 31.5% to 54.4%, 102 answers
Seeing your preferred professional29.4%likely range 12.4% to 55.1%, 37 answers50.9%likely range 32.3% to 69.3%, 38 answers
Knowing the next step83.7%likely range 69.5% to 92.1%, 99 answers78.0%likely range 66.4% to 86.4%, 96 answers
Contacting the practice78.7%likely range 64.2% to 88.4%, 103 answers72.3%likely range 60.6% to 81.5%, 101 answers
Wait for an appointment73.5%likely range 58.1% to 84.8%, 96 answers70.7%likely range 58.2% to 80.6%, 91 answers
Being listened to83.5%likely range 69.6% to 91.8%, 104 answers87.7%likely range 77.7% to 93.6%, 100 answers
Care and concern82.7%likely range 68.8% to 91.2%, 105 answers81.9%likely range 71.0% to 89.3%, 100 answers
Confidence and trust93.5%likely range 82.0% to 97.9%, 105 answers93.8%likely range 85.2% to 97.6%, 98 answers
Involvement in decisions95.0%likely range 83.3% to 98.6%, 96 answers96.3%likely range 88.4% to 98.9%, 95 answers
Needs met80.0%likely range 65.7% to 89.3%, 104 answers86.7%likely range 76.5% to 92.9%, 100 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months91.1%likely range 83.9% to 95.2%, 101 patients90.4%likely range 81.5% to 95.3%, 73 patients
Children at 18 months89.1%likely range 81.9% to 93.6%, 110 patients88.9%likely range 78.8% to 94.5%, 63 patients
Children at 5 years94.6%likely range 88.7% to 97.5%, 111 patients94.7%likely range 87.1% to 97.9%, 75 patients
Women aged 25 to 4967.0%likely range 64.8% to 69.2%, 1,725 patients72.9%likely range 70.3% to 75.3%, 1,194 patients
Women aged 50 to 6474.5%likely range 71.7% to 77.2%, 966 patients74.8%likely range 71.4% to 77.9%, 698 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients10,540August 20267,376August 2026
Primary care networkNorthwich PCNNorthwich PCN
Phone01606 54485001606 544700
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)No results for June 202694.9% good or very good273 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)4,646 in August 2026Same day 65.5%; face to face 38.5%2,978 in August 2026Same day 56.1%; face to face 53.5%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.74England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.72England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)5.3 qualified permanent8.5 including trainees and locums1,996 patients per permanent GP5.6 qualified permanent6.4 including trainees and locums1,327 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)GoodGood

“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.

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