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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
The Uplands Medical Practice and The Elms Medical 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.
| Measure | The Uplands Medical PracticeM45 8GH× | The Elms Medical CentreM45 7FD× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 77.4likely range 69.9 to 83.5107 survey answers | 75.5likely range 69.9 to 80.2119 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 | 72.2%likely range 61.7% to 80.8%, 107 answers | 71.2%likely range 63.5% to 77.8%, 119 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 89.4%likely range 84.5% to 92.0% | 85.2%likely range 80.6% to 88.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.8%likely range 90.6% to 99.5%, 964 appointments | 95.9%likely range 90.5% to 98.3%, 1,762 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 80.8%likely range 74.4% to 85.9%, 3,745 calls | 74.4%likely range 67.1% to 80.5%, 3,367 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 53.1%likely range 42.0% to 63.8%, 101 answers | 49.8%likely range 41.9% to 57.7%, 117 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 79.2%likely range 68.9% to 86.8%, 102 answers | 81.8%likely range 74.9% to 87.2%, 118 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 31.3%likely range 22.3% to 42.0%, 107 answers | 27.1%likely range 20.6% to 34.7%, 118 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 23.1%likely range 12.5% to 38.8%, 31 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 73.5%likely range 62.8% to 82.1%, 102 answers | 79.0%likely range 71.6% to 84.8%, 114 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 59.6%likely range 48.8% to 69.5%, 108 answers | 66.9%likely range 59.1% to 73.9%, 118 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 61.9%likely range 50.4% to 72.3%, 95 answers | 65.9%likely range 57.6% to 73.3%, 107 answers |
| Being listened to | 82.9%likely range 73.2% to 89.6%, 105 answers | 85.7%likely range 79.2% to 90.5%, 116 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.3%likely range 77.1% to 92.2%, 105 answers | 85.2%likely range 78.5% to 90.0%, 116 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 90.4%likely range 81.9% to 95.1%, 104 answers | 90.8%likely range 85.0% to 94.4%, 116 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 87.2%likely range 77.9% to 93.0%, 100 answers | 85.2%likely range 78.5% to 90.1%, 111 answers |
| Needs met | 88.0%likely range 79.1% to 93.4%, 105 answers | 94.3%likely range 89.3% to 97.0%, 115 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.1%likely range 82.7% to 96.6%, 63 patients | 89.8%likely range 79.5% to 95.3%, 59 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 83.9%likely range 72.2% to 91.3%, 56 patients | 80.3%likely range 68.7% to 88.4%, 61 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.5%likely range 76.9% to 92.5%, 74 patients | 83.6%likely range 71.7% to 91.1%, 55 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 66.6%likely range 64.1% to 69.0%, 1,399 patients | 65.8%likely range 63.0% to 68.5%, 1,139 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 72.2%likely range 68.7% to 75.5%, 666 patients | 71.9%likely range 68.0% to 75.5%, 549 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,750August 2026 | 6,232August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Whitefield District & Community PCN | Whitefield District & Community PCN |
| Phone | 0161 7668221 | 0161 7662662 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 90.9% good or very good55 answers, June 2026 | 88.9% good or very good54 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,946 in August 2026Same day 39.5%; face to face 67.7% | 2,718 in August 2026Same day 54.5%; face to face 69.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.57England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.86England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.6 qualified permanent2.6 including trainees and locums2,966 patients per permanent GP | 1.3 qualified permanent4.2 including trainees and locums4,972 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Requires improvement | 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.