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Aston Healthcare Limited vs Colby Medical Centre
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?
Aston Healthcare Limited and Colby 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.
Side by side
| Measure | Aston Healthcare LimitedL36 0UB | Colby Medical CentreL36 7XY |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 70.0likely range 41.3 to 89.585 survey answers | 81.8likely range 77.6 to 84.2108 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 63.3%likely range 22.4% to 91.2%, 85 answers | 82.1%likely range 79.4% to 84.4%, 108 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 85.4%likely range 81.8% to 87.6% | 80.9%likely range 68.4% to 86.7% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 94.9%likely range 91.3% to 97.1%, 3,565 appointments | 90.4%likely range 77.9% to 96.2%, 648 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 44.5%likely range 12.0% to 82.5%, 82 answers | 84.8%likely range 82.3% to 87.1%, 103 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 85.7%likely range 37.6% to 98.4%, 83 answers | 88.7%likely range 86.4% to 90.6%, 105 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 22.5%likely range 3.7% to 68.6%, 83 answers | 59.2%likely range 55.9% to 62.3%, 108 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 49.4%likely range 45.1% to 53.7%, 64 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 73.9%likely range 29.0% to 95.1%, 84 answers | 86.2%likely range 83.8% to 88.4%, 105 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 56.4%likely range 18.4% to 88.2%, 85 answers | 87.2%likely range 84.9% to 89.2%, 108 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 59.6%likely range 18.4% to 90.6%, 73 answers | 67.2%likely range 63.7% to 70.5%, 90 answers |
| Being listened to | 65.3%likely range 23.3% to 92.1%, 83 answers | 84.0%likely range 81.5% to 86.3%, 106 answers |
| Care and concern | 66.1%likely range 23.3% to 92.6%, 80 answers | 86.2%likely range 83.8% to 88.4%, 106 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 80.9%likely range 32.9% to 97.3%, 79 answers | 87.7%likely range 85.4% to 89.7%, 106 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 79.8%likely range 31.2% to 97.2%, 75 answers | 86.0%likely range 83.4% to 88.2%, 99 answers |
| Needs met | 84.1%likely range 36.1% to 98.0%, 82 answers | 85.2%likely range 82.7% to 87.4%, 105 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 72.3%likely range 63.6% to 79.5%, 119 patients | 72.7%likely range 51.8% to 86.8%, 22 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 61.8%likely range 53.3% to 69.7%, 131 patients | 78.3%likely range 58.1% to 90.3%, 23 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 65.9%likely range 58.7% to 72.5%, 179 patients | 65.2%likely range 44.9% to 81.2%, 23 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 70.3%likely range 68.6% to 72.0%, 2,646 patients | 64.6%likely range 59.9% to 69.0%, 421 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.6%likely range 71.2% to 75.8%, 1,464 patients | 65.2%likely range 58.2% to 71.7%, 187 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 16,569August 2026 | 2,367August 2026 |
| Primary care network | West Knowsley PCN | West Knowsley PCN |
| Phone | 0151 4801244 | 0151 2443290 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.4% good or very good365 answers, June 2026 | 97.9% good or very good48 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 8,836 in August 2026Same day 25.3%; face to face 59.0% | 1,193 in August 2026Same day 27.9%; face to face 50.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.72England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.12England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.0 qualified permanent8.6 including trainees and locums5,573 patients per permanent GP | 0.0 qualified permanent1.0 including trainees and locums |
| 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.