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David Medical Centre vs Didsbury Medical Centre - Dr Whitaker
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?
David Medical Centre and Didsbury Medical Centre - Dr Whitaker 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 | David Medical CentreM21 8HA | Didsbury Medical Centre - Dr WhitakerM20 2ER |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 80.595% interval 74.3 to 85.5118 survey answers | 84.595% interval 68.8 to 90.7111 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 | 76.3%95% interval 67.5% to 83.4%, 118 answers | 87.5%95% interval 65.2% to 96.3%, 111 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 90.2%95% interval 87.0% to 92.6%Clearly higher | 77.2%95% interval 73.8% to 80.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 98.3%95% interval 95.0% to 99.4%, 2,581 appointments | 94.6%95% interval 91.3% to 96.8%, 4,105 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 82.0%95% interval 76.4% to 86.6%, 4,573 callsClearly higher | 59.6%95% interval 53.7% to 65.3%, 5,641 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 67.8%95% interval 58.3% to 76.0%, 114 answers | 71.2%95% interval 46.1% to 87.7%, 96 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 87.3%95% interval 79.5% to 92.4%, 114 answers | 92.8%95% interval 71.1% to 98.5%, 106 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 34.9%95% interval 26.5% to 44.5%, 115 answers | 25.2%95% interval 10.7% to 48.7%, 110 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 55.5%95% interval 39.6% to 70.3%, 42 answers | 28.4%95% interval 6.1% to 70.7%, 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 90.3%95% interval 82.8% to 94.7%, 108 answers | 88.2%95% interval 65.7% to 96.7%, 108 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 81.6%95% interval 73.0% to 87.8%, 115 answers | 84.5%95% interval 61.4% to 94.9%, 108 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 80.6%95% interval 71.2% to 87.4%, 99 answers | 92.3%95% interval 70.3% to 98.4%, 104 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.9%95% interval 78.8% to 92.1%, 110 answers | 92.1%95% interval 70.5% to 98.3%, 108 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.8%95% interval 79.8% to 92.8%, 109 answers | 94.1%95% interval 73.1% to 98.9%, 108 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.1%95% interval 83.9% to 95.3%, 111 answers | 96.6%95% interval 76.5% to 99.6%, 108 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.2%95% interval 87.6% to 97.4%, 107 answers | 94.3%95% interval 72.3% to 99.1%, 100 answers |
| Needs met | 90.1%95% interval 82.7% to 94.6%, 111 answers | 94.4%95% interval 73.2% to 99.0%, 106 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 76.8%95% interval 65.6% to 85.2%, 69 patients | 94.7%95% interval 88.9% to 97.5%, 113 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 72.4%95% interval 59.8% to 82.2%, 58 patients | 95.1%95% interval 89.8% to 97.7%, 123 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 73.3%95% interval 61.0% to 82.9%, 60 patients | 97.3%95% interval 92.4% to 99.1%, 111 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 55.3%95% interval 52.8% to 57.8%, 1,486 patients | 69.4%95% interval 67.9% to 70.8%, 3,988 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 63.7%95% interval 59.9% to 67.3%, 641 patients | 75.2%95% interval 72.5% to 77.6%, 1,096 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,488August 2026 | 15,280August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Didsbury Chorlton Park & Burnage PCN | Didsbury Chorlton Park & Burnage PCN |
| Phone | 0161 8812297 | 0161 4453731 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.0% good or very good25 answers, June 2026 | 93.6% good or very good451 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,788 in August 2026Same day 43.4%; face to face 62.2% | 7,500 in August 2026Same day 56.1%; face to face 41.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.12England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.5 qualified permanent4.5 including trainees and locums1,676 patients per permanent GP | 10.5 qualified permanent11.4 including trainees and locums1,451 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | 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.