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Albion Medical Practice vs Ashton Medical Group
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?
Albion Medical Practice and Ashton Medical Group 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 | Albion Medical PracticeOL6 6HF | Ashton Medical GroupOL6 6EW |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 59.5likely range 46.3 to 72.290 survey answers | 71.1likely range 58.0 to 80.9134 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 52.5%likely range 33.7% to 70.6%, 90 answers | 69.1%likely range 50.4% to 83.1%, 134 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 75.7%likely range 70.9% to 79.6% | 75.6%likely range 72.3% to 78.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 88.0%likely range 81.2% to 92.5%, 1,992 appointmentsClearly higher | 75.8%likely range 71.4% to 79.7%, 6,142 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 63.3%likely range 56.6% to 69.6%, 4,359 calls | 75.3%likely range 70.4% to 79.5%, 7,121 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 36.6%likely range 20.3% to 56.8%, 86 answers | 56.3%likely range 37.3% to 73.7%, 121 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 72.8%likely range 52.5% to 86.6%, 86 answers | 72.0%likely range 52.9% to 85.5%, 128 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 23.9%likely range 11.2% to 44.0%, 87 answers | 31.6%likely range 17.4% to 50.3%, 133 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 22.5%likely range 5.1% to 61.0%, 32 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 70.9%likely range 50.0% to 85.6%, 81 answers | 73.4%likely range 54.2% to 86.5%, 126 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 44.5%likely range 26.6% to 64.0%, 86 answers | 60.9%likely range 42.1% to 76.9%, 129 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 44.7%likely range 25.7% to 65.5%, 75 answers | 60.7%likely range 40.7% to 77.7%, 113 answers |
| Being listened to | 79.3%likely range 59.2% to 91.0%, 85 answers | 85.5%likely range 67.7% to 94.3%, 129 answers |
| Care and concern | 75.4%likely range 55.2% to 88.4%, 86 answers | 82.4%likely range 64.1% to 92.4%, 129 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 89.8%likely range 71.2% to 96.9%, 84 answers | 86.0%likely range 68.1% to 94.7%, 127 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 82.6%likely range 62.0% to 93.3%, 79 answers | 89.4%likely range 71.7% to 96.5%, 122 answers |
| Needs met | 77.7%likely range 57.2% to 90.1%, 83 answers | 87.3%likely range 69.7% to 95.3%, 128 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 87.9%likely range 79.6% to 93.1%, 91 patients | 88.2%likely range 81.4% to 92.7%, 127 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 79.8%likely range 70.3% to 86.8%, 89 patients | 92.4%likely range 86.1% to 95.9%, 118 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.0%likely range 77.5% to 91.6%, 93 patients | 94.3%likely range 89.6% to 97.0%, 159 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 63.3%likely range 60.9% to 65.6%, 1,580 patients | 57.8%likely range 55.9% to 59.6%, 2,741 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 66.7%likely range 63.3% to 69.8%, 804 patients | 65.5%likely range 63.0% to 67.9%, 1,442 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,700August 2026 | 16,882August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Ashton PCN | Ashton PCN |
| Phone | 0161 2148710 | 0161 3309880 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.8% good or very good403 answers, June 2026 | 89.4% good or very good123 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,956 in August 2026Same day 35.0%; face to face 67.1% | 6,896 in August 2026Same day 18.6%; face to face 77.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.59England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.66England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.6 qualified permanent11.7 including trainees and locums1,467 patients per permanent GP | 9.2 qualified permanent17.1 including trainees and locums1,835 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.