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Alexandra Group Med Pract vs Glodwick Medical Practice
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?
Alexandra Group Med Pract and Glodwick Medical Practice 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 | Alexandra Group Med PractOL4 1YN | Glodwick Medical PracticeOL4 1YN |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 75.1likely range 65.5 to 82.392 survey answers | 62.2likely range 50.8 to 72.491 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 74.1%likely range 60.6% to 84.1%, 92 answers | 59.0%likely range 42.9% to 73.4%, 91 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 77.3%likely range 70.7% to 82.2% | 69.5%likely range 64.4% to 73.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 83.3%likely range 72.6% to 90.3%, 1,028 appointments | 79.4%likely range 71.1% to 85.8%, 1,761 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 71.3%likely range 63.5% to 78.0%, 3,049 calls | 59.5%likely range 53.5% to 65.2%, 5,507 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 40.3%likely range 27.7% to 54.3%, 88 answers | 44.0%likely range 29.0% to 60.1%, 89 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 80.2%likely range 67.2% to 89.0%, 90 answers | 69.5%likely range 52.8% to 82.3%, 86 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 37.6%likely range 25.6% to 51.5%, 91 answers | 33.3%likely range 20.0% to 49.8%, 88 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 50.1%likely range 31.0% to 69.2%, 42 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 77.4%likely range 63.9% to 86.9%, 88 answers | 58.3%likely range 40.4% to 74.2%, 73 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 67.6%likely range 54.0% to 78.8%, 93 answers | 50.5%likely range 34.7% to 66.3%, 87 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 64.0%likely range 49.2% to 76.6%, 80 answers | 47.8%likely range 31.1% to 65.1%, 74 answers |
| Being listened to | 90.1%likely range 78.2% to 95.9%, 84 answers | 69.7%likely range 52.8% to 82.5%, 85 answers |
| Care and concern | 85.3%likely range 72.4% to 92.8%, 83 answers | 69.4%likely range 52.6% to 82.2%, 86 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.2%likely range 80.8% to 97.1%, 83 answers | 79.0%likely range 62.5% to 89.5%, 83 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 86.7%likely range 74.2% to 93.6%, 86 answers | 81.3%likely range 64.5% to 91.2%, 79 answers |
| Needs met | 83.4%likely range 70.3% to 91.4%, 86 answers | 77.0%likely range 60.0% to 88.2%, 80 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 78.5%likely range 69.1% to 85.6%, 93 patients | 66.8%likely range 60.1% to 73.0%, 202 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 86.6%likely range 78.4% to 92.0%, 97 patients | 57.4%likely range 50.3% to 64.3%, 188 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 76.1%likely range 66.3% to 83.8%, 88 patients | 56.1%likely range 48.6% to 63.4%, 171 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 62.0%likely range 59.3% to 64.7%, 1,251 patients | 49.0%likely range 46.7% to 51.2%, 1,859 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.3%likely range 74.5% to 81.7%, 494 patients | 70.4%likely range 66.2% to 74.3%, 480 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,102August 2026 | 10,855August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Oldham Central PCN | Oldham Central PCN |
| Phone | 0161 6229210 | 0161 6229220 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.2% good or very good217 answers, June 2026 | 83.6% good or very good110 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,145 in August 2026Same day 57.7%; face to face 38.9% | 4,188 in August 2026Same day 37.7%; face to face 73.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.53England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.7 qualified permanent3.7 including trainees and locums1,902 patients per permanent GP | 4.0 qualified permanent4.0 including trainees and locums2,737 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | 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.