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Ht Practice vs West End 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?
Ht Practice and West End 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 | Ht PracticeOL7 0NW | West End Medical CentreOL7 0LH |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 71.3likely range 61.8 to 78.391 survey answers | 73.5likely range 68.9 to 77.5114 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 | 76.6%likely range 63.4% to 86.1%, 91 answers | 80.6%likely range 75.7% to 84.7%, 114 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 58.9%likely range 51.2% to 65.6% | 56.9%likely range 46.6% to 65.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 68.4%likely range 60.7% to 75.1%, 2,393 appointments | 66.4%likely range 56.1% to 75.3%, 1,380 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 55.0%likely range 41.1% to 68.1%, 86 answers | 47.2%likely range 41.5% to 53.1%, 107 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 87.2%likely range 75.2% to 93.8%, 89 answers | 88.8%likely range 84.7% to 92.0%, 111 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 22.4%likely range 13.2% to 35.5%, 91 answers | 35.4%likely range 30.1% to 40.9%, 113 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 78.1%likely range 64.4% to 87.6%, 83 answers | 79.3%likely range 74.0% to 83.7%, 101 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 70.1%likely range 56.4% to 80.9%, 90 answers | 67.3%likely range 61.7% to 72.5%, 110 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 55.4%likely range 41.6% to 68.4%, 87 answers | 67.5%likely range 61.5% to 72.9%, 97 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.6%likely range 75.9% to 94.0%, 91 answers | 87.9%likely range 83.6% to 91.2%, 107 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.4%likely range 75.7% to 93.9%, 91 answers | 87.1%likely range 82.7% to 90.6%, 106 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 98.3%likely range 90.0% to 99.7%, 89 answers | 90.4%likely range 86.4% to 93.4%, 106 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.5%likely range 87.0% to 99.1%, 85 answers | 89.7%likely range 85.5% to 92.8%, 104 answers |
| Needs met | 92.0%likely range 81.2% to 96.8%, 89 answers | 89.1%likely range 84.9% to 92.3%, 106 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.6%likely range 79.7% to 93.9%, 79 patients | 73.3%likely range 55.6% to 85.8%, 30 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 76.8%likely range 66.6% to 84.6%, 82 patients | 97.1%likely range 85.1% to 99.5%, 34 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 82.5%likely range 74.1% to 88.7%, 103 patients | 67.6%likely range 50.8% to 80.9%, 34 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 64.0%likely range 61.2% to 66.6%, 1,179 patients | 61.0%likely range 57.0% to 64.9%, 577 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 65.7%likely range 61.7% to 69.5%, 563 patients | 67.2%likely range 61.6% to 72.4%, 290 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,309August 2026 | 3,735August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Ashton PCN | Ashton PCN |
| Phone | 0161 3427200 | 0161 3395488 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.7% good or very good174 answers, June 2026 | 96.0% good or very good99 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,858 in August 2026Same day 36.9%; face to face 75.3% | 1,717 in August 2026Same day 37.5%; face to face 75.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.83England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.89England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.9 qualified permanent4.8 including trainees and locums2,569 patients per permanent GP | 2.6 qualified permanent4.8 including trainees and locums1,419 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.