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Alchester Medical Group and Montgomery House 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.
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× | Montgomery House SurgeryOX26 6HT× |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 72.8likely range 62.2 to 81.0105 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 | 70.8%likely range 55.7% to 82.4%, 105 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 83.8%likely range 81.0% to 86.1%Clearly higher | 77.4%likely range 74.0% to 80.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.3%likely range 94.3% to 98.7%, 3,663 appointments | 97.7%likely range 94.5% to 99.0%, 3,091 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 70.2%likely range 65.4% to 74.6%, 7,838 callsClearly higher | 56.9%likely range 51.1% to 62.6%, 5,901 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 | 36.9%likely range 23.5% to 52.7%, 98 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 77.3%likely range 58.1% to 89.4%, 100 answers | 92.3%likely range 79.7% to 97.3%, 100 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 42.6%likely range 25.9% to 61.1%, 105 answers | 32.1%likely range 20.0% to 47.3%, 106 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 60.4%likely range 32.5% to 82.9%, 44 answers | 43.7%likely range 21.7% to 68.5%, 36 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 85.2%likely range 66.7% to 94.3%, 99 answers | 89.7%likely range 76.3% to 95.9%, 99 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 73.6%likely range 54.4% to 86.6%, 103 answers | 70.0%likely range 54.6% to 81.9%, 102 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.5%likely range 55.3% to 88.5%, 92 answers | 75.8%likely range 59.3% to 87.1%, 87 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.7%likely range 70.1% to 95.6%, 102 answers | 89.2%likely range 75.6% to 95.7%, 98 answers |
| Care and concern | 84.9%likely range 66.4% to 94.1%, 100 answers | 89.8%likely range 76.5% to 96.0%, 99 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.6%likely range 81.5% to 99.4%, 101 answers | 91.9%likely range 78.9% to 97.2%, 97 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.3%likely range 77.8% to 98.7%, 97 answers | 93.2%likely range 79.9% to 97.9%, 89 answers |
| Needs met | 92.8%likely range 76.4% to 98.1%, 102 answers | 94.5%likely range 82.5% to 98.4%, 98 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 89.1% to 96.6%, 163 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 89.1%likely range 84.3% to 92.6%, 220 patients | 89.1%likely range 83.6% to 92.9%, 174 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 90.4%likely range 85.4% to 93.7%, 197 patients | 89.8%likely range 84.8% to 93.3%, 196 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.1%likely range 66.7% to 69.6%, 3,985 patients | 65.7%likely range 64.0% to 67.4%, 2,979 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.5%likely range 71.6% to 75.3%, 2,108 patients | 71.5%likely range 69.0% to 73.8%, 1,395 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 21,386August 2026 | 15,973August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Bicester PCN | Bicester PCN |
| Phone | 01869 248585 | 01869 249222 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.9% good or very good837 answers, June 2026 | 93.8% good or very good211 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,812 in August 2026Same day 27.7%; face to face 82.5% | 6,072 in August 2026Same day 51.1%; face to face 67.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.67England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.68England 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 | 7.4 qualified permanent7.4 including trainees and locums2,147 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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