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Linden Medical Centre vs Cookham 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?
Linden Medical Centre and Cookham Medical Centre 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 | Linden Medical CentreSL6 6JJ | Cookham Medical CentreSL6 9HX |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 83.295% interval 77.2 to 87.7110 survey answers | 75.995% interval 71.0 to 80.1105 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 | 82.1%95% interval 73.6% to 88.3%, 110 answers | 73.0%95% interval 66.3% to 78.8%, 105 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 85.7%95% interval 81.9% to 88.6% | 82.6%95% interval 77.6% to 86.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.0%95% interval 92.3% to 98.9%, 1,894 appointments | 92.4%95% interval 86.3% to 95.9%, 1,871 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 74.3%95% interval 68.2% to 79.7%, 4,601 calls | 72.7%95% interval 64.9% to 79.3%, 3,030 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 78.9%95% interval 69.7% to 85.9%, 102 answers | 65.0%95% interval 57.9% to 71.4%, 104 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 84.4%95% interval 76.0% to 90.3%, 106 answers | 76.2%95% interval 69.6% to 81.7%, 103 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 33.8%95% interval 25.3% to 43.5%, 108 answers | 31.6%95% interval 25.5% to 38.5%, 106 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 40.4%95% interval 26.3% to 56.1%, 42 answers | 33.7%95% interval 22.9% to 46.5%, 34 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 91.9%95% interval 84.9% to 95.8%, 108 answers | 89.4%95% interval 84.1% to 93.1%, 101 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 84.6%95% interval 76.3% to 90.3%, 109 answers | 72.9%95% interval 66.2% to 78.7%, 106 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.1%95% interval 65.5% to 82.7%, 102 answers | 75.6%95% interval 68.8% to 81.3%, 99 answers |
| Being listened to | 90.3%95% interval 83.0% to 94.7%, 107 answers | 90.5%95% interval 85.4% to 93.9%, 104 answers |
| Care and concern | 81.7%95% interval 73.0% to 88.0%, 108 answers | 86.1%95% interval 80.4% to 90.4%, 103 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.0%95% interval 88.8% to 97.8%, 106 answers | 92.5%95% interval 87.8% to 95.5%, 103 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.4%95% interval 89.2% to 98.1%, 102 answers | 88.2%95% interval 82.7% to 92.1%, 101 answers |
| Needs met | 93.3%95% interval 86.6% to 96.7%, 108 answers | 90.7%95% interval 85.7% to 94.1%, 102 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 96.2%95% interval 89.3% to 98.7%, 78 patients | 94.1%95% interval 84.1% to 98.0%, 51 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.2%95% interval 79.7% to 93.5%, 85 patients | 95.7%95% interval 88.0% to 98.5%, 69 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 90.1%95% interval 82.3% to 94.7%, 91 patients | 89.9%95% interval 81.3% to 94.8%, 79 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 77.4%95% interval 75.3% to 79.4%, 1,588 patients | 72.1%95% interval 69.5% to 74.6%, 1,148 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 81.9%95% interval 79.3% to 84.2%, 976 patients | 80.0%95% interval 77.2% to 82.5%, 874 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,205August 2026 | 7,935August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Maidenhead PCN | Maidenhead PCN |
| Phone | 01628 776900 | 01628 810242 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 95.0% good or very good261 answers, June 2026 | 91.5% good or very good176 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,858 in August 2026Same day 38.8%; face to face 58.0% | 2,706 in August 2026Same day 42.2%; face to face 47.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.45England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.48England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.5 qualified permanent7.6 including trainees and locums1,865 patients per permanent GP | 4.8 qualified permanent7.2 including trainees and locums1,635 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | 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.