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Montgomery House Surgery vs Bicester Health 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?
Montgomery House Surgery and Bicester Health 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 | Montgomery House SurgeryOX26 6HT | Bicester Health CentreOX26 6AT |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 72.895% interval 62.2 to 81.0105 survey answers | 83.295% interval 71.9 to 88.8116 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 | 70.8%95% interval 55.7% to 82.4%, 105 answers | 87.0%95% interval 70.9% to 94.9%, 116 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 77.4%95% interval 74.0% to 80.3% | 74.1%95% interval 70.5% to 77.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.7%95% interval 94.5% to 99.0%, 3,091 appointments | 92.1%95% interval 88.5% to 94.7%, 4,443 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 56.9%95% interval 51.1% to 62.6%, 5,901 calls | 55.9%95% interval 49.8% to 61.9%, 5,390 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 36.9%95% interval 23.5% to 52.7%, 98 answers | 72.5%95% interval 53.2% to 86.0%, 98 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 92.3%95% interval 79.7% to 97.3%, 100 answers | 93.3%95% interval 77.9% to 98.2%, 106 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 32.1%95% interval 20.0% to 47.3%, 106 answers | 23.9%95% interval 12.2% to 41.5%, 115 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 43.7%95% interval 21.7% to 68.5%, 36 answers | 56.5%95% interval 26.4% to 82.5%, 33 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.7%95% interval 76.3% to 95.9%, 99 answers | 94.1%95% interval 79.0% to 98.5%, 107 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 70.0%95% interval 54.6% to 81.9%, 102 answers | 82.6%95% interval 65.4% to 92.2%, 113 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.8%95% interval 59.3% to 87.1%, 87 answers | 76.8%95% interval 58.7% to 88.6%, 108 answers |
| Being listened to | 89.2%95% interval 75.6% to 95.7%, 98 answers | 87.3%95% interval 70.8% to 95.1%, 111 answers |
| Care and concern | 89.8%95% interval 76.5% to 96.0%, 99 answers | 88.0%95% interval 71.7% to 95.5%, 111 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.9%95% interval 78.9% to 97.2%, 97 answers | 91.8%95% interval 76.5% to 97.5%, 112 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.2%95% interval 79.9% to 97.9%, 89 answers | 97.3%95% interval 82.9% to 99.6%, 101 answers |
| Needs met | 94.5%95% interval 82.5% to 98.4%, 98 answers | 93.1%95% interval 78.1% to 98.1%, 111 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.9%95% interval 89.1% to 96.6%, 163 patients | 93.9%95% interval 89.9% to 96.4%, 214 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 89.1%95% interval 83.6% to 92.9%, 174 patients | 92.7%95% interval 88.3% to 95.5%, 206 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.8%95% interval 84.8% to 93.3%, 196 patients | 90.0%95% interval 85.1% to 93.5%, 201 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 65.7%95% interval 64.0% to 67.4%, 2,979 patients | 65.0%95% interval 63.5% to 66.4%, 4,178 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.5%95% interval 69.0% to 73.8%, 1,395 patients | 75.2%95% interval 73.0% to 77.2%, 1,615 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 15,973August 2026 | 20,250August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Bicester PCN | Bicester PCN |
| Phone | 01869 249222 | 01869 249333 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.8% good or very good211 answers, June 2026 | 94.7% good or very good757 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,072 in August 2026Same day 51.1%; face to face 67.6% | 7,428 in August 2026Same day 36.6%; face to face 63.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.68England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.67England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 7.4 qualified permanent7.4 including trainees and locums2,147 patients per permanent GP | 9.3 qualified permanent12.2 including trainees and locums2,188 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.