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Marcham Rd Family Health Centre vs Long Furlong 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?
Marcham Rd Family Health Centre and Long Furlong 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 | Marcham Rd Family Health CentreOX14 1BT | Long Furlong Medical CentreOX14 1XR |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 75.9likely range 66.9 to 82.7114 survey answers | 73.7likely range 67.9 to 78.7105 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 | 75.0%likely range 62.2% to 84.6%, 114 answers | 71.0%likely range 63.0% to 77.9%, 105 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 77.9%likely range 75.1% to 80.5% | 79.8%likely range 74.4% to 84.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 94.4%likely range 91.7% to 96.2%, 6,400 appointments | 88.1%likely range 81.5% to 92.6%, 2,023 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 61.3%likely range 56.3% to 66.2%, 7,641 calls | 71.3%likely range 62.7% to 78.6%, 2,555 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 53.3%likely range 39.9% to 66.2%, 107 answers | 58.2%likely range 49.5% to 66.5%, 95 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 79.8%likely range 67.1% to 88.5%, 108 answers | 83.8%likely range 76.5% to 89.1%, 98 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 33.3%likely range 22.3% to 46.4%, 114 answers | 21.4%likely range 15.4% to 28.9%, 105 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 38.9%likely range 20.0% to 62.0%, 37 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 85.5%likely range 73.4% to 92.6%, 107 answers | 81.1%likely range 73.6% to 86.9%, 99 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 66.4%likely range 52.9% to 77.6%, 109 answers | 70.9%likely range 62.8% to 78.0%, 101 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 82.7%likely range 69.4% to 91.0%, 96 answers | 61.4%likely range 52.8% to 69.4%, 96 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.2%likely range 73.0% to 92.4%, 106 answers | 89.5%likely range 83.2% to 93.6%, 102 answers |
| Care and concern | 84.3%likely range 72.0% to 91.8%, 107 answers | 85.3%likely range 78.4% to 90.3%, 103 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.6%likely range 83.4% to 97.7%, 105 answers | 95.5%likely range 90.5% to 97.9%, 101 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.6%likely range 78.1% to 95.4%, 104 answers | 97.5%likely range 93.2% to 99.1%, 99 answers |
| Needs met | 90.0%likely range 78.8% to 95.6%, 106 answers | 92.4%likely range 86.7% to 95.8%, 102 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 97.4%likely range 92.7% to 99.1%, 116 patients | 94.7%likely range 87.1% to 97.9%, 75 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 91.7%likely range 85.7% to 95.3%, 132 patients | 96.0%likely range 88.9% to 98.6%, 75 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 91.1%likely range 84.7% to 94.9%, 123 patients | 91.1%likely range 83.9% to 95.2%, 101 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 65.5%likely range 63.6% to 67.4%, 2,405 patients | 72.1%likely range 69.6% to 74.4%, 1,385 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.8%likely range 71.4% to 76.1%, 1,386 patients | 81.0%likely range 78.2% to 83.4%, 882 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 14,622August 2026 | 9,317August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Abingdon and District PCN | Abingdon and District PCN |
| Phone | 01235 522602 | 01235 522379 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 4 answers in June 2026; shares not published below 5 | 92.5% good or very good107 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,950 in August 2026Same day 55.7%; face to face 53.9% | 4,652 in August 2026Same day 61.1%; face to face 78.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.69England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.52England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 9.3 qualified permanent13.1 including trainees and locums1,573 patients per permanent GP | 3.8 qualified permanent3.8 including trainees and locums2,454 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.