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Springfield House vs Lees 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?
Springfield House and Lees 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 | Springfield HouseOL4 2RJ | Lees Medical PracticeOL4 3BP |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 57.7likely range 49.5 to 65.8104 survey answers | 66.7likely range 59.5 to 73.488 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 51.2%likely range 39.7% to 62.6%, 104 answers | 58.2%likely range 48.1% to 67.6%, 88 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 72.8%likely range 67.1% to 77.7% | 86.5%likely range 82.0% to 90.0%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 69.6%likely range 60.6% to 77.3%, 1,732 appointments | 98.2%likely range 94.6% to 99.4%, 2,283 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 75.9%likely range 68.8% to 81.8%, 3,382 calls | 74.7%likely range 66.4% to 81.5%, 2,594 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 47.9%likely range 36.3% to 59.8%, 99 answers | 47.9%likely range 37.9% to 58.1%, 84 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 73.5%likely range 61.8% to 82.5%, 101 answers | 79.1%likely range 69.9% to 86.0%, 89 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 31.3%likely range 21.6% to 42.9%, 105 answers | 28.5%likely range 20.4% to 38.3%, 88 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 69.7%likely range 57.9% to 79.4%, 100 answers | 70.5%likely range 60.0% to 79.1%, 79 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 49.9%likely range 38.4% to 61.5%, 102 answers | 58.9%likely range 48.8% to 68.2%, 88 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 45.3%likely range 33.4% to 57.8%, 91 answers | 54.5%likely range 44.0% to 64.6%, 81 answers |
| Being listened to | 72.9%likely range 61.0% to 82.2%, 98 answers | 76.3%likely range 66.6% to 83.8%, 85 answers |
| Care and concern | 69.3%likely range 57.3% to 79.2%, 97 answers | 88.3%likely range 80.0% to 93.4%, 84 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 74.7%likely range 62.7% to 83.8%, 95 answers | 85.7%likely range 76.8% to 91.6%, 81 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 75.2%likely range 63.1% to 84.3%, 92 answers | 82.9%likely range 73.5% to 89.5%, 79 answers |
| Needs met | 71.5%likely range 59.7% to 81.0%, 100 answers | 83.7%likely range 74.9% to 89.9%, 86 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 79.7%likely range 69.6% to 87.1%, 79 patients | 88.5%likely range 78.2% to 94.3%, 61 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 84.8%likely range 75.3% to 91.1%, 79 patients | 90.8%likely range 81.3% to 95.7%, 65 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 84.0%likely range 75.6% to 89.9%, 100 patients | 82.1%likely range 71.3% to 89.4%, 67 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 56.5%likely range 53.6% to 59.3%, 1,140 patients | 69.4%likely range 66.4% to 72.3%, 923 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 69.9%likely range 66.1% to 73.4%, 608 patients | 79.3%likely range 74.7% to 83.3%, 338 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,050August 2026 | 5,217August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Oldham East PCN | Oldham East PCN |
| Phone | 0161 6672480 | 0161 6521285 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 95.5% good or very good112 answers, June 2026 | 96.7% good or very good30 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,153 in August 2026Same day 34.8%; face to face 70.1% | 2,494 in August 2026Same day 71.8%; face to face 53.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.57England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.9 qualified permanent6.6 including trainees and locums1,445 patients per permanent GP | 2.6 qualified permanent2.6 including trainees and locums1,976 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.