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Kingsway Medical Practice vs Barlow 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?
Kingsway Medical Practice and Barlow 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 | Kingsway Medical PracticeM19 1UG | Barlow Medical CentreM20 2RN |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.1likely range 69.1 to 87.573 survey answers | 80.7likely range 60.2 to 90.294 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 | 77.0%likely range 61.4% to 87.5%, 73 answers | 80.8%likely range 51.5% to 94.3%, 94 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 87.3%likely range 82.7% to 90.4% | 80.3%likely range 76.5% to 83.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 94.2%likely range 87.3% to 97.5%, 1,362 appointments | 89.8%likely range 85.8% to 92.8%, 4,326 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 80.4%likely range 74.1% to 85.5%, 3,841 calls | 70.6%likely range 64.3% to 76.2%, 4,705 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 59.0%likely range 42.9% to 73.4%, 70 answers | 49.2%likely range 22.9% to 75.9%, 83 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 89.2%likely range 75.3% to 95.7%, 72 answers | 90.7%likely range 61.6% to 98.3%, 90 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 35.8%likely range 22.4% to 51.8%, 72 answers | 17.7%likely range 5.0% to 46.9%, 94 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 79.7%likely range 64.2% to 89.6%, 71 answers | 86.0%likely range 56.1% to 96.7%, 89 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 77.7%likely range 62.1% to 88.1%, 72 answers | 77.4%likely range 47.9% to 92.8%, 92 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 67.5%likely range 50.8% to 80.7%, 67 answers | 89.7%likely range 58.5% to 98.2%, 81 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.2%likely range 71.6% to 93.9%, 71 answers | 96.5%likely range 68.6% to 99.7%, 89 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.5%likely range 73.1% to 94.7%, 71 answers | 95.5%likely range 67.5% to 99.5%, 90 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.0%likely range 79.0% to 97.3%, 73 answers | 97.1%likely range 69.6% to 99.8%, 90 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.6%likely range 78.2% to 97.1%, 71 answers | 94.4%likely range 64.6% to 99.4%, 83 answers |
| Needs met | 89.6%likely range 75.7% to 96.0%, 71 answers | 90.3%likely range 61.1% to 98.2%, 90 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 89.9%likely range 80.5% to 95.0%, 69 patients | 90.8%likely range 84.6% to 94.6%, 130 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 84.5%likely range 73.1% to 91.6%, 58 patients | 93.5%likely range 88.5% to 96.4%, 154 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 79.3%likely range 67.2% to 87.7%, 58 patients | 91.1%likely range 85.6% to 94.6%, 157 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 67.9%likely range 65.1% to 70.6%, 1,085 patients | 68.5%likely range 66.9% to 70.1%, 3,293 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.1%likely range 68.8% to 76.9%, 464 patients | 73.1%likely range 70.6% to 75.5%, 1,217 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,029August 2026 | 15,889August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Didsbury Chorlton Park & Burnage PCN | Didsbury Chorlton Park & Burnage PCN |
| Phone | 0161 8049899 | 0161 4459000 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.6% good or very good148 answers, June 2026 | 97.8% good or very good274 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,973 in August 2026Same day 53.5%; face to face 53.7% | 5,475 in August 2026Same day 52.8%; face to face 62.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.64England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.61England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.8 qualified permanent6.0 including trainees and locums2,153 patients per permanent GP | 8.1 qualified permanent12.9 including trainees and locums1,966 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Outstanding |
“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.