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Medlock Vale Medical Practice vs Market Street 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?
Medlock Vale Medical Practice and Market Street 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 | Medlock Vale Medical PracticeM43 7BW | Market Street Medical PracticeM43 6DE |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 75.0likely range 67.3 to 80.5100 survey answers | 83.2likely range 76.8 to 87.8109 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 | 80.8%likely range 70.3% to 88.2%, 100 answers | 82.8%likely range 73.8% to 89.2%, 109 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 61.2%likely range 53.9% to 67.6% | 84.1%likely range 79.9% to 87.2%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 70.7%likely range 63.4% to 77.1%, 2,560 appointments | 92.1%likely range 86.3% to 95.6%, 2,031 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 76.0%likely range 69.9% to 81.2%, 4,554 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 61.0%likely range 49.4% to 71.4%, 99 answers | 65.8%likely range 55.4% to 74.9%, 104 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 78.8%likely range 68.0% to 86.6%, 99 answers | 85.5%likely range 76.7% to 91.3%, 106 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 25.3%likely range 16.7% to 36.3%, 100 answers | 27.6%likely range 19.3% to 37.7%, 106 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.1%likely range 73.8% to 90.8%, 97 answers | 85.8%likely range 76.8% to 91.7%, 100 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 67.4%likely range 55.9% to 77.0%, 100 answers | 78.1%likely range 68.4% to 85.5%, 105 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 66.6%likely range 54.5% to 76.9%, 89 answers | 53.8%likely range 43.1% to 64.1%, 99 answers |
| Being listened to | 93.8%likely range 85.6% to 97.4%, 98 answers | 92.0%likely range 84.3% to 96.1%, 103 answers |
| Care and concern | 91.7%likely range 82.9% to 96.2%, 98 answers | 92.4%likely range 84.9% to 96.4%, 103 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.0%likely range 88.6% to 98.7%, 98 answers | 96.6%likely range 90.3% to 98.8%, 102 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.4%likely range 83.5% to 96.7%, 92 answers | 93.1%likely range 85.3% to 96.9%, 96 answers |
| Needs met | 94.2%likely range 86.2% to 97.7%, 98 answers | 90.7%likely range 82.6% to 95.2%, 102 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.8%likely range 86.0% to 98.8%, 48 patients | 85.4%likely range 77.4% to 91.0%, 103 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 85.2%likely range 73.4% to 92.3%, 54 patients | 86.1%likely range 76.8% to 92.0%, 79 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 84.1%likely range 73.2% to 91.1%, 63 patients | 80.8%likely range 70.3% to 88.2%, 73 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 71.1%likely range 68.3% to 73.6%, 1,109 patients | 55.0%likely range 52.5% to 57.5%, 1,535 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 72.0%likely range 68.8% to 75.1%, 787 patients | 69.9%likely range 66.4% to 73.3%, 672 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,457August 2026 | 7,883August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Denton PCN | Denton PCN |
| Phone | 0161 3701610 | 0161 3716188 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.7% good or very good242 answers, June 2026 | 100.0% good or very good41 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,941 in August 2026Same day 40.1%; face to face 80.8% | 3,580 in August 2026Same day 34.6%; face to face 62.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.91England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.0 qualified permanent6.0 including trainees and locums1,251 patients per permanent GP | 2.7 qualified permanent9.5 including trainees and locums2,941 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.