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The Arch Medical Practice vs The Doc's Surgery
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?
The Arch Medical Practice and The Doc's Surgery 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 | The Arch Medical PracticeM15 5TJ | The Doc's SurgeryM1 3LY |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 78.5likely range 35.2 to 94.259 survey answers | 73.9likely range 55.2 to 86.2100 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 | 76.0%likely range 14.2% to 98.4%, 59 answers | 70.4%likely range 43.8% to 87.9%, 100 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 84.1%likely range 80.6% to 87.0% | 81.9%likely range 77.1% to 85.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.0%likely range 94.3% to 98.4%, 4,463 appointments | 95.1%likely range 90.4% to 97.6%, 2,278 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 71.2%likely range 64.8% to 76.7%, 4,579 calls | 68.5%likely range 60.1% to 75.9%, 2,680 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 54.6%likely range 6.5% to 95.4%, 49 answers | 70.5%likely range 41.1% to 89.1%, 81 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 93.3%likely range 19.7% to 99.9%, 54 answers | 90.0%likely range 62.8% to 98.0%, 91 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 34.5%likely range 3.3% to 89.1%, 60 answers | 36.1%likely range 16.2% to 62.2%, 99 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 61.1%likely range 20.8% to 90.3%, 31 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 70.7%likely range 11.0% to 97.9%, 51 answers | 91.0%likely range 63.5% to 98.3%, 88 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 66.0%likely range 10.3% to 97.1%, 55 answers | 78.0%likely range 49.9% to 92.7%, 91 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 77.6%likely range 12.4% to 98.8%, 48 answers | 67.6%likely range 38.4% to 87.5%, 80 answers |
| Being listened to | 91.6%likely range 18.9% to 99.8%, 54 answers | 90.1%likely range 61.8% to 98.1%, 85 answers |
| Care and concern | 91.6%likely range 18.9% to 99.8%, 54 answers | 91.8%likely range 63.7% to 98.6%, 84 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.3%likely range 19.9% to 99.9%, 52 answers | 94.0%likely range 66.5% to 99.2%, 85 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.4%likely range 18.7% to 99.8%, 52 answers | 93.4%likely range 64.9% to 99.1%, 81 answers |
| Needs met | 86.1%likely range 16.5% to 99.5%, 53 answers | 91.7%likely range 63.9% to 98.6%, 86 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 80.9%likely range 71.5% to 87.7%, 89 patients | 87.5%likely range 71.9% to 95.0%, 32 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 70.1%likely range 59.8% to 78.7%, 87 patients | 76.2%likely range 54.9% to 89.4%, 21 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 78.6%likely range 68.7% to 86.0%, 84 patients | 66.7%likely range 39.1% to 86.2%, 12 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 43.1%likely range 41.7% to 44.5%, 4,812 patients | 37.7%likely range 36.2% to 39.2%, 3,985 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 69.9%likely range 66.2% to 73.3%, 624 patients | 65.8%likely range 60.6% to 70.6%, 345 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 23,529August 2026 | 14,263August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Hulme & City Centre South PCN | Hulme & City Centre South PCN |
| Phone | 0161 2260606 | 0161 2379490 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.4% good or very good142 answers, June 2026 | 90.6% good or very good96 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,339 in August 2026Same day 60.3%; face to face 53.0% | 3,137 in August 2026Same day 23.6%; face to face 40.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.37England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.32England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 9.0 qualified permanent12.8 including trainees and locums2,618 patients per permanent GP | 3.6 qualified permanent7.3 including trainees and locums3,933 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Outstanding |
“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.