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The Hive Health Centre vs Middleton Health 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 Hive Health Centre and Middleton Health 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 Hive Health CentreM24 2YJ | Middleton Health CentreM24 4EL |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 84.2likely range 78.9 to 87.799 survey answers | 82.0likely range 76.6 to 86.194 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 88.9%likely range 82.4% to 93.2%, 99 answers | 81.2%likely range 74.0% to 86.8%, 94 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 72.9%likely range 64.5% to 79.0% | 83.7%likely range 77.2% to 87.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 82.4%likely range 74.0% to 88.5%, 1,612 appointments | 92.3%likely range 82.5% to 96.8%, 884 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 74.9%likely range 66.5% to 81.8%, 2,521 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 79.0%likely range 71.2% to 85.1%, 96 answers | 59.1%likely range 50.6% to 67.1%, 88 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 97.6%likely range 93.3% to 99.2%, 96 answers | 75.7%likely range 68.0% to 82.0%, 93 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 48.2%likely range 39.8% to 56.7%, 97 answers | 25.3%likely range 18.9% to 33.0%, 94 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 49.0%likely range 36.8% to 61.3%, 46 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 87.9%likely range 81.3% to 92.4%, 99 answers | 75.7%likely range 67.8% to 82.2%, 88 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 80.2%likely range 72.7% to 86.1%, 99 answers | 75.1%likely range 67.3% to 81.6%, 92 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 54.1%likely range 45.5% to 62.6%, 94 answers | 57.2%likely range 48.3% to 65.7%, 81 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.9%likely range 78.9% to 90.8%, 98 answers | 84.3%likely range 77.2% to 89.5%, 89 answers |
| Care and concern | 85.5%likely range 78.6% to 90.5%, 99 answers | 82.1%likely range 74.7% to 87.6%, 89 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.9%likely range 89.7% to 97.5%, 98 answers | 88.7%likely range 82.3% to 92.9%, 91 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.6%likely range 84.2% to 94.6%, 93 answers | 85.6%likely range 78.4% to 90.6%, 85 answers |
| Needs met | 93.1%likely range 87.4% to 96.4%, 95 answers | 85.4%likely range 78.5% to 90.3%, 91 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.8%likely range 88.3% to 98.6%, 71 patients | 87.6%likely range 79.2% to 93.0%, 89 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 94.6%likely range 86.9% to 97.9%, 74 patients | 83.0%likely range 73.8% to 89.4%, 88 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 94.1%likely range 87.0% to 97.5%, 85 patients | 83.8%likely range 74.2% to 90.3%, 80 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 77.6%likely range 75.0% to 80.0%, 1,036 patients | 70.6%likely range 67.9% to 73.2%, 1,141 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 78.2%likely range 74.0% to 82.0%, 409 patients | 77.5%likely range 72.7% to 81.7%, 329 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,617August 2026 | 5,353August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Canalside PCN | Canalside PCN |
| Phone | 0161 6544103 | 0161 6557434 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 98.2% good or very good165 answers, June 2026 | 94.7% good or very good95 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,298 in August 2026Same day 55.0%; face to face 93.5% | 1,662 in August 2026Same day 29.2%; face to face 76.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.61England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.66England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.2 qualified permanent3.2 including trainees and locums1,770 patients per permanent GP | 2.7 qualified permanent3.8 including trainees and locums1,968 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.