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Octagon Medical Centre vs Dr Rizwan and Dr Awan
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?
Octagon Medical Centre and Dr Rizwan and Dr Awan 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 | Octagon Medical CentreBL1 1SQ | Dr Rizwan and Dr AwanBL1 3RG |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 82.2likely range 73.8 to 87.991 survey answers | 81.4likely range 75.4 to 85.793 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 81.4%likely range 69.7% to 89.4%, 91 answers | 84.8%likely range 76.7% to 90.5%, 93 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 83.9%likely range 77.4% to 87.3% | 73.2%likely range 66.5% to 78.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 93.4%likely range 86.9% to 96.8%, 1,567 appointments | 82.7%likely range 76.0% to 87.9%, 2,385 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 73.9%likely range 61.1% to 83.6%, 87 answers | 89.2%likely range 81.5% to 93.9%, 89 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 90.5%likely range 79.9% to 95.8%, 87 answers | 95.0%likely range 88.9% to 97.8%, 91 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.1%likely range 16.5% to 38.7%, 90 answers | 56.2%likely range 46.6% to 65.3%, 93 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 62.0%likely range 48.8% to 73.7%, 50 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.8%likely range 73.4% to 91.8%, 90 answers | 87.1%likely range 79.0% to 92.4%, 86 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 77.6%likely range 65.4% to 86.4%, 91 answers | 85.1%likely range 76.7% to 90.8%, 88 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.0%likely range 62.2% to 84.6%, 86 answers | 70.8%likely range 60.5% to 79.3%, 78 answers |
| Being listened to | 93.3%likely range 83.8% to 97.4%, 90 answers | 86.2%likely range 78.1% to 91.6%, 89 answers |
| Care and concern | 91.2%likely range 80.8% to 96.2%, 86 answers | 85.5%likely range 77.4% to 91.1%, 90 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.5%likely range 89.4% to 99.5%, 87 answers | 94.0%likely range 87.6% to 97.2%, 90 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.7%likely range 87.8% to 99.2%, 81 answers | 89.3%likely range 81.5% to 94.1%, 85 answers |
| Needs met | 91.6%likely range 81.4% to 96.5%, 87 answers | 91.0%likely range 83.8% to 95.2%, 89 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 86.2%likely range 75.7% to 92.5%, 65 patients | 83.0%likely range 73.8% to 89.4%, 88 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 84.1%likely range 73.7% to 90.9%, 69 patients | 72.5%likely range 62.6% to 80.6%, 91 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 72.9%likely range 59.0% to 83.4%, 48 patients | 77.1%likely range 66.0% to 85.4%, 70 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 53.4%likely range 50.4% to 56.3%, 1,103 patients | 59.0%likely range 56.0% to 62.0%, 1,001 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 63.3%likely range 58.9% to 67.5%, 477 patients | 74.2%likely range 69.5% to 78.5%, 361 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,097August 2026 | 5,740August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Hwl Network PCN | Hwl Network PCN |
| Phone | 01204 462630 | 01204 523642 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 95.8% good or very good215 answers, June 2026 | 93.0% good or very good271 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,483 in August 2026Same day 47.2%; face to face 50.3% | 2,582 in August 2026Same day 36.1%; face to face 69.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.4 qualified permanent5.5 including trainees and locums1,815 patients per permanent GP | 2.5 qualified permanent4.8 including trainees and locums2,337 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.