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The Royton & Crompton Family Practice vs Royton 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 Royton & Crompton Family Practice and Royton 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 Royton & Crompton Family PracticeOL2 6QW | Royton Medical CentreOL2 5QL |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 72.6likely range 48.8 to 88.0102 survey answers | 76.2likely range 66.5 to 83.685 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 | 67.5%likely range 33.6% to 89.5%, 102 answers | 72.1%likely range 58.4% to 82.6%, 85 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 84.3%likely range 81.4% to 86.6% | 85.7%likely range 81.0% to 88.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 94.5%likely range 91.1% to 96.6%, 4,139 appointments | 95.2%likely range 90.5% to 97.6%, 2,286 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 73.9%likely range 69.4% to 78.1%, 8,090 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 42.2%likely range 14.9% to 75.2%, 90 answers | 60.3%likely range 45.8% to 73.3%, 77 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 75.1%likely range 39.5% to 93.3%, 99 answers | 81.3%likely range 68.3% to 89.8%, 84 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 17.6%likely range 3.8% to 53.3%, 102 answers | 31.2%likely range 20.1% to 44.9%, 86 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 80.1%likely range 44.1% to 95.3%, 100 answers | 86.1%likely range 73.7% to 93.2%, 83 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 68.3%likely range 34.0% to 90.0%, 100 answers | 71.9%likely range 58.1% to 82.5%, 84 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 59.7%likely range 26.8% to 85.7%, 95 answers | 74.7%likely range 60.4% to 85.1%, 77 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.6%likely range 48.9% to 97.4%, 97 answers | 68.6%likely range 54.3% to 80.1%, 80 answers |
| Care and concern | 79.9%likely range 43.8% to 95.3%, 99 answers | 70.5%likely range 56.3% to 81.6%, 80 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.9%likely range 59.6% to 99.7%, 96 answers | 83.1%likely range 69.8% to 91.2%, 79 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.5%likely range 58.5% to 99.7%, 93 answers | 76.0%likely range 61.8% to 86.0%, 78 answers |
| Needs met | 92.5%likely range 56.4% to 99.2%, 99 answers | 78.7%likely range 65.2% to 88.0%, 81 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.6%likely range 87.6% to 95.7%, 163 patients | 94.9%likely range 88.6% to 97.8%, 98 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 89.3%likely range 83.9% to 93.1%, 178 patients | 90.0%likely range 82.1% to 94.6%, 90 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 90.0%likely range 84.7% to 93.6%, 180 patients | 93.2%likely range 84.9% to 97.0%, 73 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 81.7%likely range 80.3% to 83.1%, 2,997 patients | 76.5%likely range 74.1% to 78.8%, 1,222 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 81.2%likely range 79.4% to 82.8%, 1,966 patients | 79.9%likely range 76.4% to 83.0%, 582 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 20,907August 2026 | 7,124August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Oldham North PCN | Oldham North PCN |
| Phone | 0161 3624003 | 0161 6526336 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 89.4% good or very good612 answers, June 2026 | 92.7% good or very good151 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 7,373 in August 2026Same day 33.3%; face to face 76.8% | 2,739 in August 2026Same day 58.5%; face to face 72.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.94England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.99England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.5 qualified permanent14.2 including trainees and locums3,230 patients per permanent GP | 4.0 qualified permanent4.0 including trainees and locums1,769 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.