Middleton Health Centre, Manchester: patient reviews and CQC rating

What patients say about Middleton Health Centre

Its best result against England is the share who found it easy to contact the practice using the NHS App: 67%, above the England figure of 54%. Its weakest is the share who said the wait for their last appointment was about right: 57%, below the England figure of 69%. Of the 11 results in the table, 1 is above England and 2 below by more than the survey's margin of error, and 8 within it.

On overall experience it is 70th of the 149 practices in Manchester with 50 or more responses. 59% found it easy to get through by phone (England: 57%). The overall experience result is 8 points higher than in 2025 (73%). 94 patients answered the survey (response rate 16%).

In the Friends and Family Test for July 2026, 91% of 93 responses rated the practice good or very good (England: 92%).

CQC's overall rating for Middleton Health Centre is Outstanding, published in June 2016. One key question is rated differently: Safe Good.

5,352 patients were registered at Middleton Health Centre in September 2026, up 2.1% on a year earlier (England: down 1.1%).

9% of its patients are aged 65 or over, against 19% across England. With 2.7 full-time-equivalent qualified GPs, there are 1,968 patients per GP, close to the England figure of 2,171 and Greater Manchester's 2,055. The practice also has 1.0 nurses and 2.0 other clinical staff such as pharmacists and physiotherapists (full-time equivalent).

From June 2026 to August 2026 the practice recorded 1,865 appointments a month, or 349 per 1,000 registered patients (England: 510). 78% were face to face (England: 63%). 29% took place on the day they were booked and 1% more than 28 days after booking (England: 45% and 5%).

54% were with a GP rather than another member of the practice team. 10% of booked patients did not attend.

Compared with England, the practice has a higher share of patients on its registers for palliative or supportive care needs (1.1% against 0.6%), depression (22.8% against 14.3%) and COPD (2.8% against 1.9%). It has a lower share for atrial fibrillation (1.0% against 2.2%), cancer (2.1% against 3.8%) and chronic kidney disease (3.4% against 4.6%). The practice's patients live in areas with an average deprivation score of 35.5 (England: 21.8; higher is more deprived).

Life expectancy for its patients' neighbourhoods is 80.1 years for women and 76.1 for men (England: 83.0 and 79.1).

91% of the practice's patients live in the M24 postcode district, followed by OL11 (3%), M25 (2%) and OL10 (1%). 96% live in Rochdale, the council area the practice is in.

Middleton Health Centre, Unit F1, Middleton Shopping Centre, Limetrees Road, Middleton, Manchester, M24 4EL. Phone: 0161271301. Website: www.middletonhealthcentre.org.uk/.