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King Street Medical Centre vs Town Hall Surgery
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?
Town Hall Surgery’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than King Street Medical Centre’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | King Street Medical CentreSK16 4JZ | Town Hall SurgerySK16 4LD |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 79.6likely range 75.3 to 83.197 survey answers | 88.1likely range 84.5 to 90.596 survey answersClearly higher |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 89.8%likely range 85.8% to 92.7%, 97 answers | 87.0%likely range 83.1% to 90.1%, 96 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 55.7%likely range 44.8% to 65.2% | 90.4%likely range 82.9% to 93.9%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 65.2%likely range 54.3% to 74.7%, 1,224 appointments | 92.5%likely range 80.2% to 97.4%, 615 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 88.1%likely range 79.8% to 93.3%, 1,867 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 82.8%likely range 77.9% to 86.7%, 92 answers | 74.6%likely range 69.8% to 78.9%, 95 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 91.1%likely range 87.2% to 93.8%, 95 answers | 93.6%likely range 90.5% to 95.7%, 92 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 29.5%likely range 24.6% to 34.9%, 96 answers | 39.9%likely range 34.9% to 45.2%, 94 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 48.4%likely range 38.6% to 58.2%, 33 answers | 46.8%likely range 38.3% to 55.6%, 35 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 80.5%likely range 75.4% to 84.8%, 90 answers | 83.9%likely range 79.7% to 87.4%, 94 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 86.0%likely range 81.5% to 89.5%, 94 answers | 84.4%likely range 80.2% to 87.8%, 94 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 71.4%likely range 65.7% to 76.6%, 86 answers | 77.9%likely range 72.9% to 82.2%, 83 answers |
| Being listened to | 92.5%likely range 88.8% to 95.1%, 92 answers | 91.4%likely range 88.0% to 93.9%, 94 answers |
| Care and concern | 92.3%likely range 88.6% to 94.9%, 92 answers | 92.0%likely range 88.6% to 94.4%, 93 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 98.1%likely range 95.7% to 99.2%, 90 answers | 92.9%likely range 89.7% to 95.1%, 93 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.1%likely range 88.3% to 94.8%, 87 answers | 92.1%likely range 88.6% to 94.5%, 89 answers |
| Needs met | 91.0%likely range 87.0% to 93.9%, 88 answers | 92.9%likely range 89.6% to 95.1%, 93 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 77.8%likely range 59.2% to 89.4%, 27 patients | 100.0%likely range 85.7% to 100.0%, 23 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 73.7%likely range 51.2% to 88.2%, 19 patients | 94.1%likely range 73.0% to 99.0%, 17 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 100.0%likely range 87.5% to 100.0%, 27 patients | 79.4%likely range 63.2% to 89.7%, 34 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 66.5%likely range 62.5% to 70.4%, 538 patients | 69.7%likely range 65.2% to 73.8%, 432 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 65.8%likely range 59.9% to 71.2%, 266 patients | 77.7%likely range 72.4% to 82.2%, 278 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 3,214August 2026 | 2,746August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Stalybridge, Dukinfield & Mossley PCN | Stalybridge, Dukinfield & Mossley PCN |
| Phone | 0161 3301142 | 0161 3302125 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 95.7% good or very good92 answers, June 2026 | 95.7% good or very good70 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,322 in August 2026Same day 42.3%; face to face 81.5% | 1,356 in August 2026Same day 45.2%; face to face 81.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.96England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.68England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.4 qualified permanent3.4 including trainees and locums945 patients per permanent GP | 1.1 qualified permanent1.3 including trainees and locums2,574 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.