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Ashton Medical Group vs Waterloo 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?
Ashton Medical Group and Waterloo 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 | Ashton Medical GroupOL6 6EW | Waterloo Medical CentreOL7 9EJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 71.1likely range 58.0 to 80.9134 survey answers | 76.9likely range 72.7 to 80.596 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 | 69.1%likely range 50.4% to 83.1%, 134 answers | 72.2%likely range 66.8% to 77.1%, 96 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 75.6%likely range 72.3% to 78.4% | 87.8%likely range 81.6% to 91.6%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 75.8%likely range 71.4% to 79.7%, 6,142 appointments | 86.9%likely range 77.8% to 92.6%, 1,232 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 75.3%likely range 70.4% to 79.5%, 7,121 calls | 88.6%likely range 80.2% to 93.7%, 1,827 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 56.3%likely range 37.3% to 73.7%, 121 answers | 69.6%likely range 63.9% to 74.8%, 92 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 72.0%likely range 52.9% to 85.5%, 128 answers | 85.4%likely range 80.9% to 89.1%, 95 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 31.6%likely range 17.4% to 50.3%, 133 answers | 50.0%likely range 44.2% to 55.7%, 96 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 22.5%likely range 5.1% to 61.0%, 32 answers | 32.2%likely range 23.9% to 41.7%, 36 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 73.4%likely range 54.2% to 86.5%, 126 answers | 86.9%likely range 82.3% to 90.5%, 88 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 60.9%likely range 42.1% to 76.9%, 129 answers | 79.1%likely range 74.0% to 83.5%, 92 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 60.7%likely range 40.7% to 77.7%, 113 answers | 61.1%likely range 55.1% to 66.7%, 90 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.5%likely range 67.7% to 94.3%, 129 answers | 79.7%likely range 74.5% to 84.0%, 91 answers |
| Care and concern | 82.4%likely range 64.1% to 92.4%, 129 answers | 78.4%likely range 73.1% to 82.9%, 90 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 86.0%likely range 68.1% to 94.7%, 127 answers | 86.5%likely range 81.9% to 90.0%, 90 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.4%likely range 71.7% to 96.5%, 122 answers | 90.1%likely range 85.9% to 93.2%, 86 answers |
| Needs met | 87.3%likely range 69.7% to 95.3%, 128 answers | 87.9%likely range 83.5% to 91.2%, 91 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.2%likely range 81.4% to 92.7%, 127 patients | 94.3%likely range 81.4% to 98.4%, 35 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 92.4%likely range 86.1% to 95.9%, 118 patients | 95.2%likely range 84.2% to 98.7%, 42 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 94.3%likely range 89.6% to 97.0%, 159 patients | 87.8%likely range 75.8% to 94.3%, 49 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 57.8%likely range 55.9% to 59.6%, 2,741 patients | 70.6%likely range 66.9% to 73.9%, 652 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 65.5%likely range 63.0% to 67.9%, 1,442 patients | 83.7%likely range 78.6% to 87.7%, 257 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 16,882August 2026 | 3,867August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Ashton PCN | Ashton PCN |
| Phone | 0161 3309880 | 0161 3307087 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 89.4% good or very good123 answers, June 2026 | 96.5% good or very good113 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,896 in August 2026Same day 18.6%; face to face 77.6% | 1,323 in August 2026Same day 22.6%; face to face 83.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.66England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.63England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 9.2 qualified permanent17.1 including trainees and locums1,835 patients per permanent GP | 2.1 qualified permanent2.1 including trainees and locums1,836 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Inadequate |
“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.