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Ainsdale Medical Centre vs Ainsdale Village Surgery
Two GP practices in the same primary care network, a short way apart. Side by side, with the margin of error on every figure.
Can the survey tell them apart?
Ainsdale Medical Centre and Ainsdale Village Surgery 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.
Side by side
| Measure | Ainsdale Medical CentrePR8 3HW | Ainsdale Village SurgeryPR8 3LB |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 89.2likely range 80.4 to 93.1122 survey answers | 85.2likely range 81.1 to 88.388 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 91.3%likely range 78.8% to 96.7%, 122 answers | 85.8%likely range 80.5% to 89.8%, 88 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 84.3%likely range 80.8% to 87.0% | 83.7%likely range 78.0% to 87.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 90.9%likely range 85.9% to 94.3%, 2,822 appointments | 84.2%likely range 76.1% to 89.9%, 1,635 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 77.6%likely range 72.6% to 81.9%, 6,353 calls | 83.1%likely range 75.0% to 89.0%, 2,258 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 79.2%likely range 64.5% to 88.9%, 120 answers | 88.3%likely range 83.2% to 92.0%, 85 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 92.9%likely range 80.7% to 97.6%, 119 answers | 95.2%likely range 91.4% to 97.4%, 86 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 37.6%likely range 24.5% to 52.8%, 122 answers | 21.9%likely range 16.9% to 27.9%, 88 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 41.9%likely range 22.6% to 63.9%, 55 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 87.7%likely range 74.2% to 94.6%, 120 answers | 94.0%likely range 89.9% to 96.5%, 83 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 78.7%likely range 64.1% to 88.4%, 122 answers | 88.7%likely range 83.6% to 92.3%, 84 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 88.5%likely range 75.0% to 95.2%, 117 answers | 86.0%likely range 80.6% to 90.1%, 84 answers |
| Being listened to | 93.9%likely range 82.1% to 98.1%, 121 answers | 91.3%likely range 86.7% to 94.4%, 85 answers |
| Care and concern | 94.1%likely range 82.5% to 98.2%, 121 answers | 91.3%likely range 86.7% to 94.4%, 85 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 94.6%likely range 83.2% to 98.4%, 121 answers | 92.2%likely range 87.7% to 95.1%, 86 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 97.5%likely range 87.1% to 99.6%, 117 answers | 90.7%likely range 85.9% to 93.9%, 84 answers |
| Needs met | 92.9%likely range 80.9% to 97.6%, 122 answers | 92.2%likely range 87.8% to 95.1%, 85 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.0%likely range 86.3% to 98.3%, 60 patients | 80.8%likely range 62.1% to 91.5%, 26 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.7%likely range 77.4% to 94.7%, 53 patients | 78.1%likely range 61.2% to 89.0%, 32 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.7%likely range 80.2% to 94.9%, 68 patients | 95.0%likely range 83.5% to 98.6%, 40 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 74.7%likely range 72.3% to 76.9%, 1,379 patients | 74.6%likely range 70.7% to 78.1%, 531 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 81.3%likely range 78.9% to 83.5%, 1,135 patients | 80.6%likely range 76.4% to 84.2%, 392 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,460August 2026 | 3,765August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Southport & Formby PCN | Southport & Formby PCN |
| Phone | 01704 575133 | 01704 577866 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 96.6% good or very good566 answers, June 2026 | 98.1% good or very good106 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,363 in August 2026Same day 44.0%; face to face 57.0% | 3,552 in August 2026Same day 52.4%; face to face 26.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.84England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.71England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 9.0 qualified permanent10.8 including trainees and locums1,268 patients per permanent GP | 2.8 qualified permanent7.7 including trainees and locums1,332 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | 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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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.