Rochdale · Compare
Woodside Medical Centre vs Windermere 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?
Windermere Surgery’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Woodside Medical Centre’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Woodside Medical CentreM24 5QL | Windermere SurgeryM24 5WF |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 75.4likely range 68.0 to 81.3118 survey answers | 88.7likely range 85.2 to 91.192 survey answersClearly higher |
| 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 | 72.0%likely range 61.6% to 80.4%, 118 answers | 85.7%likely range 82.2% to 88.6%, 92 answersClearly higher |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 83.1%likely range 79.7% to 85.7% | 95.6%likely range 87.0% to 100.0%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.4%likely range 93.6% to 98.9%, 2,465 appointments | Not in the grade: too few appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 68.7%likely range 63.1% to 73.7%, 6,140 calls | 86.0%likely range 77.4% to 91.6%, 1,908 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 31.7%likely range 22.5% to 42.6%, 110 answers | 79.0%likely range 75.0% to 82.5%, 91 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 75.8%likely range 65.5% to 83.8%, 114 answers | 96.8%likely range 94.7% to 98.1%, 90 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 34.5%likely range 25.2% to 45.1%, 118 answers | 24.2%likely range 20.5% to 28.3%, 93 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 43.7%likely range 26.1% to 63.1%, 35 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 75.4%likely range 65.0% to 83.5%, 113 answers | 83.7%likely range 79.9% to 86.9%, 87 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 64.4%likely range 53.7% to 73.8%, 117 answers | 79.5%likely range 75.5% to 83.0%, 90 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 71.8%likely range 60.6% to 80.8%, 102 answers | 77.2%likely range 72.7% to 81.1%, 77 answers |
| Being listened to | 88.9%likely range 80.2% to 94.1%, 111 answers | 87.6%likely range 84.2% to 90.3%, 91 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.1%likely range 79.2% to 93.5%, 111 answers | 89.6%likely range 86.5% to 92.1%, 91 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 89.0%likely range 80.2% to 94.1%, 111 answers | 91.6%likely range 88.6% to 93.8%, 89 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 84.8%likely range 75.2% to 91.1%, 110 answers | 88.1%likely range 84.6% to 90.8%, 85 answers |
| Needs met | 90.0%likely range 81.5% to 94.8%, 112 answers | 93.2%likely range 90.4% to 95.2%, 88 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.9%likely range 81.2% to 93.7%, 99 patients | 91.2%likely range 77.0% to 97.0%, 34 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 85.7%likely range 77.8% to 91.1%, 105 patients | 81.1%likely range 65.8% to 90.5%, 37 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 85.6%likely range 77.2% to 91.2%, 97 patients | 78.7%likely range 65.1% to 88.0%, 47 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 71.5%likely range 69.2% to 73.7%, 1,580 patients | 70.3%likely range 66.2% to 74.0%, 528 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 72.3%likely range 68.8% to 75.6%, 664 patients | 69.9%likely range 63.1% to 75.9%, 196 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,904August 2026 | 2,904August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Middleton PCN | Middleton PCN |
| Phone | 0161 6439244 | 0844 4778558 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 97.7% good or very good173 answers, June 2026 | 94.1% good or very good68 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,706 in August 2026Same day 64.6%; face to face 78.4% | 1,039 in August 2026Same day 33.0%; face to face 75.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.83England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.63England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.5 qualified permanent5.5 including trainees and locums2,519 patients per permanent GP | 0.6 qualified permanent4.0 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.