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The Avenue Medical Centre vs Dam Head Medical 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?
The Avenue Medical Centre and Dam Head Medical Centre 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 Avenue Medical CentreM9 6BA | Dam Head Medical CentreM9 7HD |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 72.8likely range 58.5 to 82.793 survey answers | 77.2likely range 74.0 to 79.7114 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 | 71.9%likely range 51.6% to 86.0%, 93 answers | 75.9%likely range 72.8% to 78.7%, 114 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 74.7%likely range 70.9% to 78.1% | 80.0%likely range 72.3% to 85.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 80.3%likely range 74.6% to 84.9%, 3,500 appointments | 88.2%likely range 77.6% to 94.1%, 912 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 69.1%likely range 63.9% to 73.9%, 6,722 calls | 71.8%likely range 60.4% to 81.0%, 1,456 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 47.6%likely range 29.0% to 67.0%, 91 answers | 65.2%likely range 61.7% to 68.5%, 107 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 79.2%likely range 59.1% to 91.0%, 92 answers | 90.4%likely range 88.1% to 92.3%, 112 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 34.6%likely range 18.7% to 54.8%, 93 answers | 28.2%likely range 25.2% to 31.4%, 115 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 72.0%likely range 65.3% to 77.9%, 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 76.3%likely range 55.6% to 89.2%, 89 answers | 77.2%likely range 74.0% to 80.1%, 105 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 72.6%likely range 52.2% to 86.6%, 92 answers | 72.9%likely range 69.7% to 76.0%, 111 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 56.6%likely range 35.8% to 75.3%, 82 answers | 74.3%likely range 70.9% to 77.4%, 98 answers |
| Being listened to | 84.5%likely range 64.6% to 94.2%, 89 answers | 84.8%likely range 82.1% to 87.2%, 107 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.5%likely range 66.9% to 95.3%, 89 answers | 89.8%likely range 87.4% to 91.8%, 107 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 80.9%likely range 60.2% to 92.2%, 86 answers | 89.8%likely range 87.4% to 91.8%, 107 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 88.4%likely range 69.0% to 96.3%, 87 answers | 85.5%likely range 82.7% to 87.9%, 104 answers |
| Needs met | 94.7%likely range 77.1% to 99.0%, 88 answers | 87.6%likely range 85.0% to 89.8%, 105 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.7%likely range 81.9% to 93.2%, 124 patients | 55.2%likely range 37.5% to 71.6%, 29 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 82.9%likely range 74.5% to 88.9%, 105 patients | 81.5%likely range 63.3% to 91.8%, 27 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 79.5%likely range 71.9% to 85.5%, 132 patients | 88.9%likely range 71.9% to 96.1%, 27 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.2%likely range 66.2% to 70.2%, 2,054 patients | 66.9%likely range 62.5% to 71.0%, 465 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.5%likely range 68.5% to 74.3%, 934 patients | 76.4%likely range 70.0% to 81.8%, 195 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,371August 2026 | 2,686August 2026 |
| Primary care network | H-Blackley Harpurhey & Charlestown PCN | H-Blackley Harpurhey & Charlestown PCN |
| Phone | 0161 7209441 | 0161 7209744 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 91.2% good or very good330 answers, June 2026 | 97.3% good or very good111 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,167 in August 2026Same day 47.8%; face to face 89.9% | 983 in August 2026Same day 40.6%; face to face 45.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.15England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.10England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.5 qualified permanent7.2 including trainees and locums2,055 patients per permanent GP | 0.1 qualified permanent0.1 including trainees and locums |
| 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.