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Denton Medical Practice vs Guide Bridge 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?
Denton Medical Practice and Guide Bridge 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 | Denton Medical PracticeM34 3JE | Guide Bridge Medical PracticeM34 5HY |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 73.4likely range 66.7 to 79.1125 survey answers | 66.2likely range 60.2 to 71.789 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 68.5%likely range 59.1% to 76.6%, 125 answers | 60.5%likely range 52.5% to 68.0%, 89 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 84.6%likely range 80.0% to 88.0% | 79.5%likely range 72.0% to 84.7% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 88.0%likely range 81.6% to 92.3%, 2,170 appointments | 89.9%likely range 79.1% to 95.4%, 840 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 81.0%likely range 74.4% to 86.3%, 3,469 calls | 69.0%likely range 58.5% to 77.8%, 1,771 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 52.7%likely range 42.8% to 62.4%, 115 answers | 30.2%likely range 23.0% to 38.6%, 79 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 81.0%likely range 72.1% to 87.5%, 117 answers | 71.5%likely range 63.4% to 78.5%, 81 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 34.0%likely range 25.7% to 43.5%, 125 answers | 25.7%likely range 19.4% to 33.3%, 89 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 35.9%likely range 21.7% to 53.2%, 40 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 81.3%likely range 72.4% to 87.9%, 115 answers | 67.2%likely range 58.6% to 74.8%, 76 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 62.4%likely range 52.7% to 71.2%, 122 answers | 59.0%likely range 50.8% to 66.8%, 85 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 53.4%likely range 43.3% to 63.3%, 110 answers | 40.2%likely range 31.8% to 49.3%, 71 answers |
| Being listened to | 84.5%likely range 76.1% to 90.4%, 117 answers | 85.0%likely range 78.1% to 90.0%, 83 answers |
| Care and concern | 84.9%likely range 76.5% to 90.6%, 118 answers | 81.7%likely range 74.5% to 87.3%, 84 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 87.8%likely range 80.0% to 92.9%, 119 answers | 87.9%likely range 81.3% to 92.3%, 81 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 86.8%likely range 78.4% to 92.3%, 110 answers | 86.7%likely range 79.7% to 91.5%, 77 answers |
| Needs met | 86.1%likely range 77.9% to 91.6%, 117 answers | 89.4%likely range 83.3% to 93.5%, 84 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.9%likely range 83.1% to 95.3%, 88 patients | 82.3%likely range 71.0% to 89.8%, 62 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 90.7%likely range 82.7% to 95.2%, 86 patients | 69.6%likely range 56.7% to 80.1%, 56 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 79.3%likely range 69.3% to 86.6%, 82 patients | 56.7%likely range 44.1% to 68.4%, 60 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 70.0%likely range 67.7% to 72.3%, 1,521 patients | 66.3%likely range 63.2% to 69.3%, 909 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.6%likely range 71.2% to 77.7%, 688 patients | 72.6%likely range 67.3% to 77.3%, 299 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,551August 2026 | 4,415August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Denton PCN | Denton PCN |
| Phone | 0161 3208788 | 0161 3442609 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.8% good or very good286 answers, June 2026 | 92.3% good or very good39 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,716 in August 2026Same day 38.2%; face to face 62.8% | 1,454 in August 2026Same day 34.7%; face to face 66.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.80England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.57England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.8 qualified permanent10.1 including trainees and locums1,796 patients per permanent GP | 1.3 qualified permanent2.4 including trainees and locums3,333 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.