About this practice

Waterloo Medical Centre is an NHS GP surgery located at 1 Dunkerley Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL7 9EJ, part of the Ashton Pcn Primary Care Network. The practice serves 3,825 registered patients.

The practice holds an Inadequate rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and may be under special measures, based on its most recent inspection on 10 August 2023. CQC rated the practice as: Safe (Inadequate), Effective (Inadequate), Caring (Good), Responsive (Requires Improvement), Well-led (Inadequate). In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 72% of respondents described their overall experience as good. Survey results are based on a sample and should be read with the response count.

The practice employs 2.1 full-time equivalent GPs and 0.5 nurses, giving a derived patient-to-GP ratio of approximately 1,813:1. This ratio does not by itself measure appointment availability or quality.

In June 2026, the practice delivered 1,348 appointments. The vast majority (83%) were face-to-face consultations, with 16% by telephone.

Selected Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) reported measures include: Asthma: review in the preceding 12 months (75%), COPD: review in the preceding 12 months (92%), Cervical screening: women aged 25–49 screened (81%). These percentages are indicator-specific and are not a standalone rating of the practice.

Other GP practices nearby include Branching Out (0.8 miles), Cgl Tameside (0.8 miles), and Ashton Medical Group (0.9 miles, CQC: Good). Compare these practices side by side →