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Alderley Edge Medical Centre vs Chelford Surgery
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?
Alderley Edge Medical Centre and Chelford Surgery cannot be told apart on the Practice score. The 95% intervals overlap, so the data does not show that one is ahead of the other, whatever the two numbers are.
Side by side
| Measure | Alderley Edge Medical CentreSK9 7EP | Chelford SurgerySK11 9BS |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 91.895% interval 87.2 to 93.4111 survey answers | 95.095% interval 92.8 to 96.2115 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 97.8%95% interval 91.6% to 99.5%, 111 answers | 99.4%95% interval 97.0% to 99.9%, 115 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 77.5%95% interval 72.4% to 81.3% | 84.6%95% interval 79.6% to 88.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 87.7%95% interval 79.5% to 92.9%, 1,434 appointments | 91.0%95% interval 84.7% to 94.9%, 1,936 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 67.2%95% interval 61.1% to 72.8%, 5,140 calls | 78.1%95% interval 70.3% to 84.3%, 2,754 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 91.1%95% interval 82.5% to 95.7%, 109 answers | 85.5%95% interval 79.9% to 89.8%, 110 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 95.6%95% interval 88.3% to 98.4%, 109 answers | 98.2%95% interval 95.3% to 99.3%, 116 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.9%95% interval 18.2% to 37.8%, 111 answers | 31.6%95% interval 25.6% to 38.2%, 115 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 37.9%95% interval 20.5% to 59.1%, 32 answers | 65.4%95% interval 52.5% to 76.4%, 34 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 90.5%95% interval 81.7% to 95.3%, 109 answers | 97.8%95% interval 94.7% to 99.1%, 114 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 92.3%95% interval 84.0% to 96.5%, 109 answers | 97.5%95% interval 94.3% to 98.9%, 116 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 80.4%95% interval 69.4% to 88.1%, 99 answers | 96.1%95% interval 92.4% to 98.0%, 110 answers |
| Being listened to | 94.7%95% interval 87.0% to 97.9%, 108 answers | 98.6%95% interval 95.9% to 99.5%, 113 answers |
| Care and concern | 93.6%95% interval 85.5% to 97.3%, 106 answers | 98.2%95% interval 95.4% to 99.3%, 114 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 99.3%95% interval 93.7% to 99.9%, 108 answers | 100.0%95% interval 98.2% to 100.0%, 114 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.2%95% interval 88.9% to 98.8%, 104 answers | 99.3%95% interval 96.9% to 99.9%, 111 answers |
| Needs met | 93.0%95% interval 84.7% to 97.0%, 106 answers | 99.3%95% interval 96.9% to 99.8%, 114 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 87.9%95% interval 77.1% to 94.0%, 58 patients | 92.2%95% interval 81.5% to 96.9%, 51 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 83.6%95% interval 72.4% to 90.8%, 61 patients | 87.8%95% interval 74.5% to 94.7%, 41 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.9%95% interval 80.5% to 95.0%, 69 patients | 91.3%95% interval 79.7% to 96.6%, 46 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.2%95% interval 70.6% to 75.7%, 1,153 patients | 82.2%95% interval 79.1% to 85.0%, 642 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 81.8%95% interval 79.2% to 84.1%, 967 patients | 84.5%95% interval 81.2% to 87.4%, 523 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,656August 2026 | 4,771August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Chaw (Chelford, Handforth, Alderley Edge, Wilmslow) PCN | Chaw (Chelford, Handforth, Alderley Edge, Wilmslow) PCN |
| Phone | 01625 584545 | 01625 861316 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 99.1% good or very good110 answers, June 2026 | 4 answers in June 2026; shares not published below 5 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,238 in August 2026Same day 33.2%; face to face 83.4% | 2,647 in August 2026Same day 51.7%; face to face 54.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.83England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.3 qualified permanent12.9 including trainees and locums1,367 patients per permanent GP | 4.3 qualified permanent5.4 including trainees and locums1,111 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s 95% interval lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the intervals overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice score 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.