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Alderley Edge Medical Centre vs Wilmslow Health 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?
Alderley Edge Medical Centre and Wilmslow Health 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 | Alderley Edge Medical CentreSK9 7EP | Wilmslow Health CentreSK9 5HX |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 91.8likely range 87.2 to 93.4111 survey answers | 81.8likely range 57.8 to 91.884 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 97.8%likely range 91.6% to 99.5%, 111 answers | 81.2%likely range 47.0% to 95.4%, 84 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 77.5%likely range 72.4% to 81.3% | 83.0%likely range 79.4% to 86.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 87.7%likely range 79.5% to 92.9%, 1,434 appointments | 94.0%likely range 91.5% to 95.8%, 7,339 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 67.2%likely range 61.1% to 72.8%, 5,140 calls | 71.8%likely range 65.2% to 77.6%, 4,184 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 91.1%likely range 82.5% to 95.7%, 109 answers | 55.0%likely range 23.9% to 82.7%, 74 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 95.6%likely range 88.3% to 98.4%, 109 answers | 83.5%likely range 48.9% to 96.4%, 82 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.9%likely range 18.2% to 37.8%, 111 answers | 16.2%likely range 3.5% to 50.6%, 83 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 37.9%likely range 20.5% to 59.1%, 32 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 90.5%likely range 81.7% to 95.3%, 109 answers | 77.7%likely range 43.0% to 94.2%, 80 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 92.3%likely range 84.0% to 96.5%, 109 answers | 78.6%likely range 44.0% to 94.5%, 81 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 80.4%likely range 69.4% to 88.1%, 99 answers | 58.4%likely range 27.2% to 84.1%, 80 answers |
| Being listened to | 94.7%likely range 87.0% to 97.9%, 108 answers | 85.7%likely range 51.1% to 97.2%, 82 answers |
| Care and concern | 93.6%likely range 85.5% to 97.3%, 106 answers | 89.2%likely range 54.9% to 98.2%, 83 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 99.3%likely range 93.7% to 99.9%, 108 answers | 89.1%likely range 54.9% to 98.2%, 83 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.2%likely range 88.9% to 98.8%, 104 answers | 88.4%likely range 53.2% to 98.1%, 79 answers |
| Needs met | 93.0%likely range 84.7% to 97.0%, 106 answers | 88.4%likely range 53.7% to 98.1%, 81 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 87.9%likely range 77.1% to 94.0%, 58 patients | 89.2%likely range 84.1% to 92.7%, 203 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 83.6%likely range 72.4% to 90.8%, 61 patients | 87.8%likely range 82.2% to 91.8%, 180 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.9%likely range 80.5% to 95.0%, 69 patients | 87.6%likely range 82.1% to 91.6%, 186 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.2%likely range 70.6% to 75.7%, 1,153 patients | 67.1%likely range 65.4% to 68.7%, 3,076 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 81.8%likely range 79.2% to 84.1%, 967 patients | 73.4%likely range 71.2% to 75.6%, 1,521 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,656August 2026 | 16,616August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Chaw (Chelford, Handforth, Alderley Edge, Wilmslow) PCN | Chaw (Chelford, Handforth, Alderley Edge, Wilmslow) PCN |
| Phone | 01625 584545 | 01625 548555 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 99.1% good or very good110 answers, June 2026 | 91.5% good or very good189 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,238 in August 2026Same day 33.2%; face to face 83.4% | 11,216 in August 2026Same day 52.7%; face to face 46.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.57England 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 | 6.8 qualified permanent12.5 including trainees and locums2,452 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.