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Ailsa Craig Medical Centre vs Dickenson Road Medical Centre
Two GP practices in the same primary care network, a short way apart. Side by side, with the margin of error on every figure.
Can the survey tell them apart?
Ailsa Craig Medical Centre and Dickenson Road 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.
Side by side
| Measure | Ailsa Craig Medical CentreM13 0YL | Dickenson Road Medical CentreM13 0WQ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 77.8likely range 60.0 to 88.779 survey answers | 72.2likely range 62.7 to 79.7104 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 | 74.0%likely range 48.6% to 89.5%, 79 answers | 68.7%likely range 55.4% to 79.4%, 104 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 86.5%likely range 82.6% to 89.5% | 80.1%likely range 75.3% to 83.7% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.1%likely range 93.5% to 98.8%, 2,683 appointments | 98.3%likely range 92.4% to 99.6%, 1,187 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 75.8%likely range 68.9% to 81.5%, 3,682 callsClearly higher | 61.8%likely range 54.2% to 68.8%, 3,484 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 31.1%likely range 13.5% to 56.7%, 76 answers | 43.5%likely range 31.0% to 56.9%, 101 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 89.4%likely range 64.5% to 97.5%, 75 answers | 73.5%likely range 60.3% to 83.5%, 102 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 44.9%likely range 23.4% to 68.4%, 79 answers | 47.0%likely range 34.2% to 60.2%, 101 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 44.0%likely range 14.3% to 78.6%, 30 answers | 35.2%likely range 20.1% to 54.0%, 53 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 78.2%likely range 51.8% to 92.3%, 73 answers | 72.4%likely range 58.5% to 83.0%, 93 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 64.9%likely range 39.3% to 84.1%, 74 answers | 60.5%likely range 46.9% to 72.7%, 99 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 51.0%likely range 26.3% to 75.2%, 65 answers | 49.9%likely range 35.8% to 64.1%, 85 answers |
| Being listened to | 84.7%likely range 58.3% to 95.7%, 71 answers | 81.7%likely range 68.9% to 90.0%, 97 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.9%likely range 62.1% to 97.0%, 72 answers | 78.2%likely range 65.2% to 87.4%, 98 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.8%likely range 74.2% to 99.9%, 70 answers | 88.6%likely range 76.9% to 94.8%, 96 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.4%likely range 64.6% to 98.0%, 70 answers | 86.1%likely range 73.2% to 93.4%, 87 answers |
| Needs met | 87.4%likely range 60.6% to 96.9%, 68 answers | 85.5%likely range 72.9% to 92.9%, 92 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 87.2%likely range 79.0% to 92.5%, 94 patients | 85.5%likely range 78.0% to 90.7%, 117 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 77.9%likely range 69.0% to 84.8%, 104 patients | 79.0%likely range 71.0% to 85.3%, 124 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 68.8%likely range 59.7% to 76.6%, 112 patients | 71.2%likely range 62.1% to 78.8%, 111 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 48.3%likely range 46.0% to 50.6%, 1,864 patients | 39.3%likely range 36.9% to 41.7%, 1,538 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 68.6%likely range 64.7% to 72.3%, 567 patients | 59.6%likely range 55.2% to 63.8%, 502 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,459August 2026 | 9,360August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Ardwick and Longsight PCN | Ardwick and Longsight PCN |
| Phone | 0161 2245555 | 0161 2246522 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.9% good or very good338 answers, June 2026 | 92.4% good or very good92 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,932 in August 2026Same day 40.3%; face to face 78.3% | 3,076 in August 2026Same day 33.1%; face to face 99.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.57England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.64England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.4 qualified permanent7.2 including trainees and locums2,384 patients per permanent GP | 3.6 qualified permanent7.7 including trainees and locums2,619 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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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.