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Beacon Health Kensington vs Earle Road 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?
Beacon Health Kensington and Earle Road Medical Centre cannot be told apart on the Practice score. The 95% intervals overlap, so the data does not show that one is ahead of the other, whatever the two numbers are.
Side by side
| Measure | Beacon Health KensingtonL7 2AB | Earle Road Medical CentreL7 6HD |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 74.295% interval 59.5 to 85.087 survey answers | 78.895% interval 71.0 to 84.873 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 | 68.5%95% interval 47.6% to 83.9%, 87 answers | 74.8%95% interval 63.9% to 83.3%, 73 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 87.3%95% interval 83.2% to 89.1% | 87.9%95% interval 82.9% to 91.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 96.8%95% interval 92.7% to 98.6%, 2,406 appointments | 96.6%95% interval 90.2% to 98.9%, 1,250 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 79.1%95% interval 71.2% to 85.3%, 2,637 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 50.9%95% interval 31.2% to 70.3%, 85 answers | 34.2%95% interval 23.9% to 46.3%, 65 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 84.4%95% interval 63.6% to 94.4%, 82 answers | 77.9%95% interval 66.9% to 86.1%, 69 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 10.1%95% interval 3.0% to 29.0%, 88 answers | 54.5%95% interval 43.0% to 65.4%, 71 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 45.8%95% interval 30.4% to 62.1%, 35 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 62.9%95% interval 41.2% to 80.4%, 79 answers | 62.7%95% interval 50.7% to 73.4%, 65 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 57.1%95% interval 36.6% to 75.4%, 85 answers | 62.2%95% interval 50.5% to 72.6%, 69 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 80.6%95% interval 57.4% to 92.8%, 70 answers | 66.6%95% interval 53.2% to 77.8%, 53 answers |
| Being listened to | 93.1%95% interval 73.7% to 98.5%, 79 answers | 87.7%95% interval 77.9% to 93.5%, 68 answers |
| Care and concern | 94.0%95% interval 75.1% to 98.8%, 80 answers | 87.1%95% interval 77.1% to 93.1%, 67 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.3%95% interval 72.5% to 98.2%, 78 answers | 89.0%95% interval 79.4% to 94.4%, 68 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.1%95% interval 70.2% to 97.8%, 74 answers | 80.2%95% interval 68.9% to 88.1%, 64 answers |
| Needs met | 89.0%95% interval 68.2% to 96.8%, 77 answers | 88.8%95% interval 79.0% to 94.3%, 66 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 66.7%95% interval 57.1% to 75.1%, 102 patients | 75.6%95% interval 60.7% to 86.2%, 41 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 54.4%95% interval 44.8% to 63.7%, 103 patients | 77.1%95% interval 63.5% to 86.7%, 48 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 51.0%95% interval 41.5% to 60.4%, 104 patients | 83.3%95% interval 69.4% to 91.7%, 42 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 38.8%95% interval 36.6% to 41.0%, 1,894 patients | 71.2%95% interval 67.5% to 74.5%, 638 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 48.5%95% interval 44.7% to 52.2%, 683 patients | 70.6%95% interval 64.9% to 75.7%, 272 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,682August 2026 | 3,844August 2026 |
| Primary care network | The Picton PCN | The Picton PCN |
| Phone | 0151 2953600 | 0151 7337172 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.3% good or very good45 answers, June 2026 | 90.7% good or very good43 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,933 in August 2026Same day 50.3%; face to face 65.9% | 1,357 in August 2026Same day 49.6%; face to face 69.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.72England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.21England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.6 qualified permanent18.1 including trainees and locums2,111 patients per permanent GP | 1.0 qualified permanent1.1 including trainees and locums |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s 95% interval lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the intervals overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice score 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.