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Pick two to four practices. Each column shows the Practice Grade with its likely range and the number of answers, the other survey questions, and facts from NHS England. We point a practice out as higher only when the survey can show it. Otherwise we say they cannot be told apart.
Comparison
Alderley Edge Medical Centre and Chelford 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.
| Measure | Alderley Edge Medical CentreSK9 7EP× | Chelford SurgerySK11 9BS× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 91.8likely range 87.2 to 93.4111 survey answers | 95.0likely range 92.8 to 96.2115 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 97.8%likely range 91.6% to 99.5%, 111 answers | 99.4%likely range 97.0% to 99.9%, 115 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 77.5%likely range 72.4% to 81.3% | 84.6%likely range 79.6% to 88.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 87.7%likely range 79.5% to 92.9%, 1,434 appointments | 91.0%likely range 84.7% to 94.9%, 1,936 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 67.2%likely range 61.1% to 72.8%, 5,140 calls | 78.1%likely range 70.3% to 84.3%, 2,754 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 91.1%likely range 82.5% to 95.7%, 109 answers | 85.5%likely range 79.9% to 89.8%, 110 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 95.6%likely range 88.3% to 98.4%, 109 answers | 98.2%likely range 95.3% to 99.3%, 116 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.9%likely range 18.2% to 37.8%, 111 answers | 31.6%likely range 25.6% to 38.2%, 115 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 37.9%likely range 20.5% to 59.1%, 32 answers | 65.4%likely range 52.5% to 76.4%, 34 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 90.5%likely range 81.7% to 95.3%, 109 answers | 97.8%likely range 94.7% to 99.1%, 114 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 92.3%likely range 84.0% to 96.5%, 109 answers | 97.5%likely range 94.3% to 98.9%, 116 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 80.4%likely range 69.4% to 88.1%, 99 answers | 96.1%likely range 92.4% to 98.0%, 110 answers |
| Being listened to | 94.7%likely range 87.0% to 97.9%, 108 answers | 98.6%likely range 95.9% to 99.5%, 113 answers |
| Care and concern | 93.6%likely range 85.5% to 97.3%, 106 answers | 98.2%likely range 95.4% to 99.3%, 114 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 99.3%likely range 93.7% to 99.9%, 108 answers | 100.0%likely range 98.2% to 100.0%, 114 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.2%likely range 88.9% to 98.8%, 104 answers | 99.3%likely range 96.9% to 99.9%, 111 answers |
| Needs met | 93.0%likely range 84.7% to 97.0%, 106 answers | 99.3%likely range 96.9% to 99.8%, 114 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 87.9%likely range 77.1% to 94.0%, 58 patients | 92.2%likely range 81.5% to 96.9%, 51 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 83.6%likely range 72.4% to 90.8%, 61 patients | 87.8%likely range 74.5% to 94.7%, 41 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.9%likely range 80.5% to 95.0%, 69 patients | 91.3%likely range 79.7% to 96.6%, 46 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.2%likely range 70.6% to 75.7%, 1,153 patients | 82.2%likely range 79.1% to 85.0%, 642 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 81.8%likely range 79.2% to 84.1%, 967 patients | 84.5%likely range 81.2% to 87.4%, 523 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,656August 2026 | 4,771August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Chaw (Chelford, Handforth, Alderley Edge, Wilmslow) PCN | Chaw (Chelford, Handforth, Alderley Edge, Wilmslow) PCN |
| Phone | 01625 584545 | 01625 861316 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 99.1% good or very good110 answers, June 2026 | 4 answers in June 2026; shares not published below 5 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,238 in August 2026Same day 33.2%; face to face 83.4% | 2,647 in August 2026Same day 51.7%; face to face 54.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.83England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.3 qualified permanent12.9 including trainees and locums1,367 patients per permanent GP | 4.3 qualified permanent5.4 including trainees and locums1,111 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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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. That is why a bigger number alone never gets a mark here. How we grade.
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.