Local authority area
GP practices in Oldham
32 open practices in this local authority area, 32 with enough survey answers to be rated.
Oldham as a whole
England 80.0 · 95% interval 76.8 to 79.9
The area’s Practice score is the average over its 32 rated practices. On average they are 1.4 points below the England average (95% interval: 0.1 to 3.2 points below). The Practice score weighs two NHS measures: the share of patients who describe their practice as good (70%) and the share of appointments that take place within two weeks of booking (30%).
Below the England average
This describes the area as a whole, with every rated practice counting equally. It says nothing about any single practice: see each practice’s own page.
Best-rated GP practices in Oldham
Top-rated in Oldham 2026: Leesbrook Surgery and Moorside Medical Practice, with exactly the same Practice score. No practice in Oldham is in the top 10% in England this year. How the awards work.
By Practice score, highest first, among the 28 practices in Oldham with a label. Each score has a margin of error, and neighbouring scores often overlap, so nearby places can be close calls.
| Place | Practice | Survey answers | Practice score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leesbrook SurgeryTop-rated in Oldham 2026 | 100 | 88.681.0 to 91.3 |
| 1 | Moorside Medical PracticeTop-rated in Oldham 2026 | 122 | 88.684.5 to 91.4 |
| 3 | St Mary's Medical CentreClearly above the England average | 97 | 88.381.2 to 92.7 |
| 4 | Chadderton Medical Practice | 84 | 86.578.6 to 90.9 |
| 5 | Ch Medical Practice | 107 | 86.475.1 to 91.6 |
| 6 | Perkins PracticeClearly above the England average | 96 | 86.182.9 to 88.5 |
| 7 | Oldham Medical ServicesClearly above the England average | 120 | 85.281.3 to 88.5 |
| 8 | Hollinwood Medical Practice | 124 | 83.277.6 to 87.4 |
| 9 | John Street Medical Practice | 77 | 82.876.4 to 87.5 |
| 10 | Medlock Medical Practice | 108 | 82.374.1 to 88.5 |
The line under each score is its 95% interval. The Practice score weighs two NHS measures: the share of patients who describe their practice as good (70%) and the share of appointments that take place within two weeks of booking (30%).
Practices with exactly the same Practice score share a place, listed A to Z.
Only practices with a label are placed. Practices without one are in the full list below, with their figures.
All GP practices in Oldham, A to Z
In alphabetical order. The list is not a ranking. Each Practice score is shown with its 95% interval; a label appears only when the margin of error supports it.
| Practice | Practice score | Survey answers | Response rate | Appointments within 2 weeks | Trend 2024–2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexandra Group Med PractCannot be told apart from the England average | 78.1 | 92 | 14.3% | 87.3% | |
Ch Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 86.4 | 107 | 23.9% | 81.8% | |
Chadderton Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 86.5 | 84 | 15.4% | 81.5% | |
64.7 | 91 | 8.5% | 78.1% | ||
Greenbank Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 71.6 | 77 | 10.5% | 96.5% | |
Hill Top SurgeryCannot be told apart from the England average | 79.4 | 92 | 13.8% | 73.7% | |
Hollinwood Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 83.2 | 124 | 16.8% | 86.6% | |
Hopwood House Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 80.7 | 110 | 18.3% | 90.5% | |
Jalal PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 81.1 | 81 | 11.9% | 98.0% | |
John Street Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 82.8 | 77 | 7.0% | 88.8% | |
Kapur Family CareCannot be told apart from the England average | 74.5 | 116 | 11.0% | 97.9% | |
70.4 | 88 | 17.7% | 98.8% | ||
Leesbrook SurgeryClearly above the England average | 88.6 | 100 | 29.7% | 73.5% | |
Lindley House Health CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 79.4 | 82 | 12.2% | 95.3% | |
Littletown Family Med PractCannot be told apart from the England average | 77.9 | 116 | 18.1% | 67.9% | |
Md Family PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 79.7 | 82 | 14.7% | 88.0% | |
Medlock Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 82.3 | 108 | 15.7% | 98.8% | |
Moorside Medical PracticeClearly above the England average | 88.6 | 122 | 22.2% | 83.1% | |
Oak Gables Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 81.8 | 111 | 25.8% | 88.0% | |
Oldham Family PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 81.4 | 86 | 14.3% | 92.7% | |
Oldham Medical ServicesClearly above the England average | 85.2 | 120 | 17.8% | 99.6% | |
Perkins PracticeClearly above the England average | 86.1 | 96 | 22.5% | 84.4% | |
Quayside Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 74.7 | 99 | 23.3% | 96.7% | |
Royton Medical CentreCannot be told apart from the England average | 78.6 | 85 | 20.2% | 93.8% | |
Saddleworth Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 75.2 | 113 | 35.2% | 89.6% | |
55.4 | 104 | 19.7% | 65.1% | ||
St Mary's Medical CentreClearly above the England average | 88.3 | 97 | 17.6% | 93.9% | |
The Chowdhury PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 71.9 | 56 | 5.3% | 92.2% | |
The Royton & Crompton Family PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 75.8 | 102 | 24.7% | 95.1% | |
73.3 | 91 | 21.1% | 69.3% | ||
Werneth Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 75.5 | 56 | 5.2% | 98.0% | |
Woodlands Medical PracticeCannot be told apart from the England average | 74.5 | 107 | 24.4% | 85.8% |
The trend column shows overall experience (the share of patients who describe the practice as good), 2024–2026, from the GP Patient Survey (question 32). It is the survey part of the Practice score, not the score itself. Practices with fewer than 3 yearly results are shown without a curve.
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Data updated
The month each source’s data runs to, and when its publisher released it.
- GP Patient Survey: (published 9 July 2026)
- Appointments in General Practice: (published 24 September 2026)
- GP Patient Survey, earlier years (2024 and 2025): (published July 2025)
- NHS organisation data (ODS):
- Postcode locations and local authority areas:
Sources
- 2026 GP Patient Survey: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/
- 2024 GP Patient Survey: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/
- 2025 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 OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026
- Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026
- Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0