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Alchester Medical Group and Bicester 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.
The Practice Grade is the same figure as on each practice’s page, with its margin of error. Two practices whose margins overlap cannot be told apart, however far apart the two numbers look, so a bigger number alone never gets a mark here. How we grade.
| Measure | Alchester Medical GroupOX26 6XX× | Bicester Health CentreOX26 6AT× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 83.6likely range 71.0 to 90.4106 survey answers | 83.2likely range 71.9 to 88.8116 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 83.5%likely range 65.5% to 93.1%, 106 answers | 87.0%likely range 70.9% to 94.9%, 116 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 83.8%likely range 81.0% to 86.1%Clearly higher | 74.1%likely range 70.5% to 77.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.3%likely range 94.3% to 98.7%, 3,663 appointments | 92.1%likely range 88.5% to 94.7%, 4,443 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 70.2%likely range 65.4% to 74.6%, 7,838 callsClearly higher | 55.9%likely range 49.8% to 61.9%, 5,390 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 66.8%likely range 47.2% to 81.9%, 99 answers | 72.5%likely range 53.2% to 86.0%, 98 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 77.3%likely range 58.1% to 89.4%, 100 answers | 93.3%likely range 77.9% to 98.2%, 106 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 42.6%likely range 25.9% to 61.1%, 105 answers | 23.9%likely range 12.2% to 41.5%, 115 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 60.4%likely range 32.5% to 82.9%, 44 answers | 56.5%likely range 26.4% to 82.5%, 33 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 85.2%likely range 66.7% to 94.3%, 99 answers | 94.1%likely range 79.0% to 98.5%, 107 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 73.6%likely range 54.4% to 86.6%, 103 answers | 82.6%likely range 65.4% to 92.2%, 113 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.5%likely range 55.3% to 88.5%, 92 answers | 76.8%likely range 58.7% to 88.6%, 108 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.7%likely range 70.1% to 95.6%, 102 answers | 87.3%likely range 70.8% to 95.1%, 111 answers |
| Care and concern | 84.9%likely range 66.4% to 94.1%, 100 answers | 88.0%likely range 71.7% to 95.5%, 111 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.6%likely range 81.5% to 99.4%, 101 answers | 91.8%likely range 76.5% to 97.5%, 112 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.3%likely range 77.8% to 98.7%, 97 answers | 97.3%likely range 82.9% to 99.6%, 101 answers |
| Needs met | 92.8%likely range 76.4% to 98.1%, 102 answers | 93.1%likely range 78.1% to 98.1%, 111 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.0%likely range 87.6% to 95.0%, 213 patients | 93.9%likely range 89.9% to 96.4%, 214 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 89.1%likely range 84.3% to 92.6%, 220 patients | 92.7%likely range 88.3% to 95.5%, 206 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 90.4%likely range 85.4% to 93.7%, 197 patients | 90.0%likely range 85.1% to 93.5%, 201 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.1%likely range 66.7% to 69.6%, 3,985 patients | 65.0%likely range 63.5% to 66.4%, 4,178 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.5%likely range 71.6% to 75.3%, 2,108 patients | 75.2%likely range 73.0% to 77.2%, 1,615 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 21,386August 2026 | 20,250August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Bicester PCN | Bicester PCN |
| Phone | 01869 248585 | 01869 249333 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.9% good or very good837 answers, June 2026 | 94.7% good or very good757 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,812 in August 2026Same day 27.7%; face to face 82.5% | 7,428 in August 2026Same day 36.6%; face to face 63.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.67England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.67England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 9.3 qualified permanent12.1 including trainees and locums2,305 patients per permanent GP | 9.3 qualified permanent12.2 including trainees and locums2,188 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s whole margin of error lies above every other practice’s here. When the margins 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.
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.
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