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The Uplands Medical Practice vs The Elms 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 Uplands Medical Practice and The Elms Medical Centre cannot be told apart on the Practice score. The 95% intervals overlap, so the data does not show that one is ahead of the other, whatever the two numbers are.
Side by side
| Measure | The Uplands Medical PracticeM45 8GH | The Elms Medical CentreM45 7FD |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 77.495% interval 69.9 to 83.5107 survey answers | 75.595% interval 69.9 to 80.2119 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 | 72.2%95% interval 61.7% to 80.8%, 107 answers | 71.2%95% interval 63.5% to 77.8%, 119 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 89.4%95% interval 84.5% to 92.0% | 85.2%95% interval 80.6% to 88.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.8%95% interval 90.6% to 99.5%, 964 appointments | 95.9%95% interval 90.5% to 98.3%, 1,762 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 80.8%95% interval 74.4% to 85.9%, 3,745 calls | 74.4%95% interval 67.1% to 80.5%, 3,367 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 53.1%95% interval 42.0% to 63.8%, 101 answers | 49.8%95% interval 41.9% to 57.7%, 117 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 79.2%95% interval 68.9% to 86.8%, 102 answers | 81.8%95% interval 74.9% to 87.2%, 118 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 31.3%95% interval 22.3% to 42.0%, 107 answers | 27.1%95% interval 20.6% to 34.7%, 118 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 23.1%95% interval 12.5% to 38.8%, 31 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 73.5%95% interval 62.8% to 82.1%, 102 answers | 79.0%95% interval 71.6% to 84.8%, 114 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 59.6%95% interval 48.8% to 69.5%, 108 answers | 66.9%95% interval 59.1% to 73.9%, 118 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 61.9%95% interval 50.4% to 72.3%, 95 answers | 65.9%95% interval 57.6% to 73.3%, 107 answers |
| Being listened to | 82.9%95% interval 73.2% to 89.6%, 105 answers | 85.7%95% interval 79.2% to 90.5%, 116 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.3%95% interval 77.1% to 92.2%, 105 answers | 85.2%95% interval 78.5% to 90.0%, 116 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 90.4%95% interval 81.9% to 95.1%, 104 answers | 90.8%95% interval 85.0% to 94.4%, 116 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 87.2%95% interval 77.9% to 93.0%, 100 answers | 85.2%95% interval 78.5% to 90.1%, 111 answers |
| Needs met | 88.0%95% interval 79.1% to 93.4%, 105 answers | 94.3%95% interval 89.3% to 97.0%, 115 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.1%95% interval 82.7% to 96.6%, 63 patients | 89.8%95% interval 79.5% to 95.3%, 59 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 83.9%95% interval 72.2% to 91.3%, 56 patients | 80.3%95% interval 68.7% to 88.4%, 61 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.5%95% interval 76.9% to 92.5%, 74 patients | 83.6%95% interval 71.7% to 91.1%, 55 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 66.6%95% interval 64.1% to 69.0%, 1,399 patients | 65.8%95% interval 63.0% to 68.5%, 1,139 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 72.2%95% interval 68.7% to 75.5%, 666 patients | 71.9%95% interval 68.0% to 75.5%, 549 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,750August 2026 | 6,232August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Whitefield District & Community PCN | Whitefield District & Community PCN |
| Phone | 0161 7668221 | 0161 7662662 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 90.9% good or very good55 answers, June 2026 | 88.9% good or very good54 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,946 in August 2026Same day 39.5%; face to face 67.7% | 2,718 in August 2026Same day 54.5%; face to face 69.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.57England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.86England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.6 qualified permanent2.6 including trainees and locums2,966 patients per permanent GP | 1.3 qualified permanent4.2 including trainees and locums4,972 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Requires improvement | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s 95% interval lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the intervals overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice score 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.