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St Mary's Medical Centre vs The Chowdhury 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?
St Mary's Medical Centre and The Chowdhury 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 | St Mary's Medical CentreOL1 3UL | The Chowdhury PracticeOL1 1NL |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 85.7likely range 78.5 to 90.297 survey answers | 68.3likely range 54.9 to 79.356 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 | 85.9%likely range 75.8% to 92.2%, 97 answers | 63.2%likely range 44.3% to 78.9%, 56 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 84.9%likely range 80.7% to 88.0% | 80.0%likely range 74.2% to 84.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 94.7%likely range 89.9% to 97.3%, 2,311 appointments | 89.2%likely range 80.7% to 94.3%, 1,245 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 74.9%likely range 68.1% to 80.7%, 3,733 calls | 70.6%likely range 62.9% to 77.2%, 3,188 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 66.4%likely range 54.5% to 76.6%, 94 answers | 38.6%likely range 22.8% to 57.4%, 57 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 83.1%likely range 72.6% to 90.2%, 96 answers | 73.7%likely range 54.5% to 86.8%, 55 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 32.2%likely range 22.3% to 44.1%, 95 answers | 45.9%likely range 28.9% to 63.9%, 58 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 24.8%likely range 11.6% to 45.4%, 33 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 86.1%likely range 75.5% to 92.5%, 90 answers | 76.6%likely range 56.5% to 89.2%, 50 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 76.2%likely range 64.8% to 84.7%, 95 answers | 63.3%likely range 44.3% to 78.9%, 56 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 69.0%likely range 56.9% to 79.0%, 90 answers | 50.2%likely range 30.3% to 70.1%, 44 answers |
| Being listened to | 77.3%likely range 66.0% to 85.7%, 94 answers | 69.1%likely range 49.4% to 83.6%, 53 answers |
| Care and concern | 82.4%likely range 71.7% to 89.6%, 96 answers | 66.9%likely range 47.2% to 82.0%, 53 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.6%likely range 89.2% to 99.0%, 96 answers | 83.7%likely range 64.0% to 93.7%, 49 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 97.6%likely range 90.3% to 99.4%, 89 answers | 80.5%likely range 60.0% to 91.9%, 47 answers |
| Needs met | 89.6%likely range 80.1% to 94.8%, 95 answers | 68.6%likely range 47.4% to 84.1%, 46 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 83.6%likely range 73.4% to 90.3%, 73 patients | 87.5%likely range 79.4% to 92.7%, 96 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 95.5%likely range 89.0% to 98.2%, 89 patients | 89.9%likely range 81.3% to 94.8%, 79 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 72.6%likely range 62.9% to 80.6%, 95 patients | 94.4%likely range 86.6% to 97.8%, 72 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 57.5%likely range 54.7% to 60.3%, 1,229 patients | 64.3%likely range 61.3% to 67.1%, 1,069 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 67.4%likely range 63.3% to 71.4%, 513 patients | 84.8%likely range 80.2% to 88.5%, 289 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,810August 2026 | 5,882August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Oldham Central PCN | Oldham Central PCN |
| Phone | 01613 572260 | 0161 6213535 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 99.1% good or very good106 answers, June 2026 | 92.3% good or very good65 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,413 in August 2026Same day 58.8%; face to face 80.8% | 1,280 in August 2026Same day 42.5%; face to face 88.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.86England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.56England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.5 qualified permanent12.9 including trainees and locums1,049 patients per permanent GP | 1.7 qualified permanent3.2 including trainees and locums3,501 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.