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West Point Medical Centre vs Ashcroft 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?
West Point Medical Centre and Ashcroft 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 | West Point Medical CentreM19 2AF | Ashcroft SurgeryM19 3BS |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 82.4likely range 74.2 to 87.9100 survey answers | 89.0likely range 83.2 to 92.2112 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 83.0%likely range 71.4% to 90.5%, 100 answers | 91.1%likely range 83.5% to 95.4%, 112 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 81.0%likely range 75.4% to 85.3% | 83.8%likely range 76.7% to 87.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 79.8%likely range 70.0% to 86.9%, 1,309 appointments | 93.3%likely range 86.2% to 96.9%, 1,376 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 82.2%likely range 76.5% to 86.8%, 4,328 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 70.7%likely range 57.9% to 80.8%, 99 answers | 60.6%likely range 49.9% to 70.3%, 105 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 82.4%likely range 70.6% to 90.1%, 98 answers | 85.5%likely range 76.7% to 91.3%, 110 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 41.8%likely range 30.0% to 54.6%, 100 answers | 42.8%likely range 33.1% to 53.2%, 111 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 35.6%likely range 19.9% to 55.1%, 44 answers | 36.0%likely range 22.7% to 51.8%, 49 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 79.4%likely range 67.2% to 87.8%, 98 answers | 86.0%likely range 77.1% to 91.8%, 106 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 72.8%likely range 60.2% to 82.6%, 99 answers | 73.9%likely range 64.0% to 81.9%, 111 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 65.5%likely range 52.1% to 76.9%, 91 answers | 78.1%likely range 68.1% to 85.6%, 103 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.4%likely range 75.2% to 93.0%, 98 answers | 96.8%likely range 90.9% to 99.0%, 111 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.3%likely range 71.7% to 90.8%, 98 answers | 93.1%likely range 86.0% to 96.8%, 112 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.0%likely range 80.7% to 96.1%, 96 answers | 95.5%likely range 89.0% to 98.2%, 111 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 84.5%likely range 72.4% to 91.8%, 91 answers | 92.9%likely range 85.4% to 96.7%, 106 answers |
| Needs met | 89.0%likely range 78.2% to 94.8%, 96 answers | 93.0%likely range 85.6% to 96.7%, 107 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 85.2%likely range 77.3% to 90.7%, 108 patients | 84.3%likely range 75.0% to 90.6%, 83 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.2%likely range 80.8% to 93.0%, 110 patients | 80.6%likely range 71.5% to 87.4%, 93 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 82.4%likely range 73.3% to 88.9%, 91 patients | 90.1%likely range 82.7% to 94.5%, 101 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 52.6%likely range 50.1% to 55.1%, 1,539 patients | 62.8%likely range 60.3% to 65.2%, 1,479 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 66.7%likely range 62.7% to 70.6%, 541 patients | 73.5%likely range 69.4% to 77.3%, 480 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,210August 2026 | 7,490August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Gorton and Levenshulme PCN | Gorton and Levenshulme PCN |
| Phone | 0161 2485100 | 0161 2241329 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.3% good or very good65 answers, June 2026 | 91.0% good or very good201 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,594 in August 2026Same day 32.4%; face to face 77.2% | 2,460 in August 2026Same day 35.8%; face to face 78.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.56England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.69England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.0 qualified permanent7.8 including trainees and locums2,072 patients per permanent GP | 5.5 qualified permanent8.7 including trainees and locums1,357 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.