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Longford Street Medical Centre vs Birtle View 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?
Longford Street Medical Centre and Birtle View 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 | Longford Street Medical CentreOL10 4NH | Birtle View Medical PracticeOL10 4PW |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.3likely range 73.8 to 85.3122 survey answers | 88.9likely range 85.1 to 91.595 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 77.2%likely range 68.0% to 84.3%, 122 answers | 91.8%likely range 87.0% to 95.0%, 95 answersClearly higher |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 87.4%likely range 83.8% to 90.1% | 82.0%likely range 75.8% to 86.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 94.5%likely range 90.0% to 97.0%, 2,693 appointments | 91.5%likely range 81.9% to 96.3%, 943 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 80.3%likely range 74.5% to 85.0%, 4,571 calls | 72.5%likely range 64.6% to 79.1%, 2,973 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 66.8%likely range 56.8% to 75.4%, 116 answers | 81.3%likely range 75.1% to 86.3%, 93 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 83.7%likely range 75.2% to 89.7%, 120 answers | 93.0%likely range 88.4% to 95.8%, 95 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 18.2%likely range 11.8% to 26.9%, 122 answers | 29.4%likely range 23.4% to 36.2%, 96 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 39.2%likely range 27.5% to 52.3%, 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 91.2%likely range 83.9% to 95.4%, 118 answers | 86.7%likely range 81.0% to 90.8%, 93 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 75.9%likely range 66.6% to 83.3%, 120 answers | 87.6%likely range 82.1% to 91.6%, 94 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 78.0%likely range 68.4% to 85.4%, 110 answers | 81.6%likely range 75.3% to 86.6%, 91 answers |
| Being listened to | 74.4%likely range 64.8% to 82.0%, 117 answers | 87.9%likely range 82.5% to 91.9%, 95 answers |
| Care and concern | 80.5%likely range 71.6% to 87.1%, 120 answers | 86.6%likely range 80.9% to 90.8%, 94 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 85.2%likely range 76.9% to 90.9%, 120 answers | 96.3%likely range 92.4% to 98.2%, 93 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 85.5%likely range 76.8% to 91.2%, 112 answers | 93.9%likely range 89.3% to 96.6%, 88 answers |
| Needs met | 91.6%likely range 84.4% to 95.6%, 120 answers | 94.6%likely range 90.4% to 97.1%, 94 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 81.0%likely range 69.6% to 88.8%, 63 patients | 81.5%likely range 70.4% to 89.1%, 65 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 80.5%likely range 70.9% to 87.4%, 87 patients | 88.1%likely range 78.2% to 93.8%, 67 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 90.9%likely range 82.4% to 95.5%, 77 patients | 82.7%likely range 72.6% to 89.6%, 75 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 71.0%likely range 68.4% to 73.4%, 1,229 patients | 73.4%likely range 70.4% to 76.1%, 909 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.7%likely range 71.4% to 77.7%, 730 patients | 78.4%likely range 73.7% to 82.5%, 334 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,335August 2026 | 4,842August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Heywood PCN | Heywood PCN |
| Phone | 01706 621417 | 01706 261823 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.2% good or very good222 answers, June 2026 | 96.6% good or very good295 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,693 in August 2026Same day 50.7%; face to face 50.3% | 1,724 in August 2026Same day 41.8%; face to face 78.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.82England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.71England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.4 qualified permanent7.4 including trainees and locums1,877 patients per permanent GP | 3.2 qualified permanent5.7 including trainees and locums1,526 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.