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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
Oak Gables Medical Practice and Village Medical Practice 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 | Oak Gables Medical PracticeOL2 8BF× | Village Medical PracticeOL2 8BF× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.2likely range 70.9 to 86.5111 survey answers | 74.7likely range 68.3 to 79.991 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 | 79.1%likely range 66.0% to 88.0%, 111 answers | 75.0%likely range 66.5% to 82.0%, 91 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 82.6%likely range 76.8% to 86.2% | 73.7%likely range 66.0% to 79.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 91.9%likely range 82.1% to 96.6%, 901 appointmentsClearly higher | 69.0%likely range 55.9% to 79.6%, 845 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 73.1%likely range 66.9% to 78.6%, 4,502 calls | 78.3%likely range 70.4% to 84.5%, 2,698 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 75.2%likely range 61.0% to 85.4%, 101 answers | 69.6%likely range 60.7% to 77.2%, 90 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 86.9%likely range 74.9% to 93.7%, 110 answers | 86.8%likely range 79.4% to 91.8%, 90 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 44.2%likely range 31.3% to 57.9%, 109 answers | 32.3%likely range 24.5% to 41.2%, 91 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 40.1%likely range 22.4% to 60.9%, 48 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 81.9%likely range 68.9% to 90.2%, 107 answers | 85.1%likely range 77.3% to 90.6%, 85 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 74.1%likely range 60.5% to 84.2%, 109 answers | 72.2%likely range 63.4% to 79.5%, 89 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 47.4%likely range 34.1% to 61.1%, 107 answers | 72.4%likely range 63.4% to 79.8%, 86 answers |
| Being listened to | 76.7%likely range 63.3% to 86.3%, 109 answers | 85.4%likely range 77.8% to 90.7%, 88 answers |
| Care and concern | 79.8%likely range 66.5% to 88.7%, 107 answers | 84.0%likely range 76.2% to 89.6%, 89 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 87.2%likely range 75.1% to 93.9%, 109 answers | 84.3%likely range 76.6% to 89.8%, 89 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.4%likely range 78.8% to 96.0%, 105 answers | 88.4%likely range 81.1% to 93.1%, 86 answers |
| Needs met | 85.7%likely range 73.2% to 92.9%, 107 answers | 79.6%likely range 71.3% to 85.9%, 89 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 89.2%likely range 79.4% to 94.7%, 65 patients | 89.1%likely range 79.1% to 94.6%, 64 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 95.0%likely range 86.3% to 98.3%, 60 patients | 87.7%likely range 77.5% to 93.6%, 65 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 95.9%likely range 88.6% to 98.6%, 73 patients | 75.4%likely range 63.7% to 84.2%, 65 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 66.6%likely range 63.9% to 69.2%, 1,206 patients | 73.7%likely range 70.8% to 76.5%, 929 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.3%likely range 68.2% to 74.2%, 853 patients | 78.4%likely range 74.0% to 82.3%, 380 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,027August 2026 | 5,345August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Oldham North PCN | Oldham North PCN |
| Phone | 01706 664250 | 01706 881028 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 90.2% good or very good357 answers, June 2026 | 91.0% good or very good223 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,144 in August 2026Same day 33.8%; face to face 89.5% | 1,748 in August 2026Same day 32.6%; face to face 84.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.61England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.3 qualified permanent6.4 including trainees and locums1,701 patients per permanent GP | 2.0 qualified permanent4.2 including trainees and locums2,620 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.