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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
David Medical Centre and Didsbury Medical Centre - Dr Whitaker 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 | David Medical CentreM21 8HA× | Didsbury Medical Centre - Dr WhitakerM20 2ER× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.5likely range 74.3 to 85.5118 survey answers | 84.5likely range 68.8 to 90.7111 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 76.3%likely range 67.5% to 83.4%, 118 answers | 87.5%likely range 65.2% to 96.3%, 111 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 90.2%likely range 87.0% to 92.6%Clearly higher | 77.2%likely range 73.8% to 80.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 98.3%likely range 95.0% to 99.4%, 2,581 appointments | 94.6%likely range 91.3% to 96.8%, 4,105 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 82.0%likely range 76.4% to 86.6%, 4,573 callsClearly higher | 59.6%likely range 53.7% to 65.3%, 5,641 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 67.8%likely range 58.3% to 76.0%, 114 answers | 71.2%likely range 46.1% to 87.7%, 96 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 87.3%likely range 79.5% to 92.4%, 114 answers | 92.8%likely range 71.1% to 98.5%, 106 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 34.9%likely range 26.5% to 44.5%, 115 answers | 25.2%likely range 10.7% to 48.7%, 110 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 55.5%likely range 39.6% to 70.3%, 42 answers | 28.4%likely range 6.1% to 70.7%, 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 90.3%likely range 82.8% to 94.7%, 108 answers | 88.2%likely range 65.7% to 96.7%, 108 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 81.6%likely range 73.0% to 87.8%, 115 answers | 84.5%likely range 61.4% to 94.9%, 108 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 80.6%likely range 71.2% to 87.4%, 99 answers | 92.3%likely range 70.3% to 98.4%, 104 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.9%likely range 78.8% to 92.1%, 110 answers | 92.1%likely range 70.5% to 98.3%, 108 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.8%likely range 79.8% to 92.8%, 109 answers | 94.1%likely range 73.1% to 98.9%, 108 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.1%likely range 83.9% to 95.3%, 111 answers | 96.6%likely range 76.5% to 99.6%, 108 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.2%likely range 87.6% to 97.4%, 107 answers | 94.3%likely range 72.3% to 99.1%, 100 answers |
| Needs met | 90.1%likely range 82.7% to 94.6%, 111 answers | 94.4%likely range 73.2% to 99.0%, 106 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 76.8%likely range 65.6% to 85.2%, 69 patients | 94.7%likely range 88.9% to 97.5%, 113 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 72.4%likely range 59.8% to 82.2%, 58 patients | 95.1%likely range 89.8% to 97.7%, 123 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 73.3%likely range 61.0% to 82.9%, 60 patients | 97.3%likely range 92.4% to 99.1%, 111 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 55.3%likely range 52.8% to 57.8%, 1,486 patients | 69.4%likely range 67.9% to 70.8%, 3,988 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 63.7%likely range 59.9% to 67.3%, 641 patients | 75.2%likely range 72.5% to 77.6%, 1,096 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,488August 2026 | 15,280August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Didsbury Chorlton Park & Burnage PCN | Didsbury Chorlton Park & Burnage PCN |
| Phone | 0161 8812297 | 0161 4453731 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.0% good or very good25 answers, June 2026 | 93.6% good or very good451 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,788 in August 2026Same day 43.4%; face to face 62.2% | 7,500 in August 2026Same day 56.1%; face to face 41.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.12England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.5 qualified permanent4.5 including trainees and locums1,676 patients per permanent GP | 10.5 qualified permanent11.4 including trainees and locums1,451 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | 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.