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Bootle Village Surgery vs The Strand 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?
Bootle Village Surgery and The Strand 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 | Bootle Village SurgeryL20 3EW | The Strand Medical CentreL20 5BW |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 79.7likely range 72.8 to 84.595 survey answers | 83.8likely range 77.5 to 88.2117 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 | 82.7%likely range 73.1% to 89.4%, 95 answers | 83.3%likely range 74.5% to 89.4%, 117 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 72.4%likely range 67.3% to 76.4% | 84.8%likely range 80.7% to 88.0%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 89.5%likely range 81.6% to 94.3%, 1,413 appointments | 87.1%likely range 81.4% to 91.2%, 2,730 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 55.2%likely range 48.6% to 61.6%, 4,667 calls | 82.5%likely range 76.6% to 87.2%, 4,103 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 50.7%likely range 39.7% to 61.8%, 88 answers | 58.5%likely range 47.9% to 68.3%, 106 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 92.4%likely range 84.3% to 96.4%, 93 answers | 88.4%likely range 80.2% to 93.5%, 111 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 31.7%likely range 22.5% to 42.5%, 94 answers | 20.7%likely range 13.7% to 30.0%, 114 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 49.7%likely range 31.8% to 67.8%, 32 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 75.1%likely range 64.2% to 83.5%, 88 answers | 83.5%likely range 74.4% to 89.8%, 108 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 65.7%likely range 54.8% to 75.1%, 95 answers | 81.1%likely range 71.8% to 87.9%, 109 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 78.1%likely range 67.4% to 86.1%, 86 answers | 82.4%likely range 72.9% to 89.0%, 104 answers |
| Being listened to | 95.8%likely range 88.9% to 98.5%, 93 answers | 85.0%likely range 76.2% to 90.9%, 112 answers |
| Care and concern | 97.0%likely range 90.5% to 99.1%, 91 answers | 84.2%likely range 75.3% to 90.3%, 110 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 98.4%likely range 92.5% to 99.7%, 92 answers | 92.8%likely range 85.6% to 96.5%, 112 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 98.4%likely range 92.5% to 99.7%, 90 answers | 89.3%likely range 81.2% to 94.2%, 109 answers |
| Needs met | 98.2%likely range 92.4% to 99.6%, 93 answers | 88.5%likely range 80.4% to 93.6%, 112 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.7%likely range 78.4% to 96.3%, 43 patients | 73.2%likely range 61.9% to 82.1%, 71 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 77.3%likely range 63.0% to 87.2%, 44 patients | 71.2%likely range 60.0% to 80.3%, 73 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 77.0%likely range 65.1% to 85.8%, 61 patients | 69.0%likely range 58.5% to 77.9%, 84 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 57.6%likely range 54.5% to 60.7%, 996 patients | 60.2%likely range 57.4% to 62.8%, 1,275 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 62.3%likely range 58.0% to 66.4%, 517 patients | 61.4%likely range 57.5% to 65.1%, 637 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,699August 2026 | 7,361August 2026 |
| Primary care network | South Sefton PCN | South Sefton PCN |
| Phone | 0151 9337447 | 0151 9221600 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 70.7% good or very good41 answers, June 2026 | 94.4% good or very good107 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,243 in August 2026Same day 77.6%; face to face 55.4% | 3,247 in August 2026Same day 68.0%; face to face 49.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.6 qualified permanent2.4 including trainees and locums3,685 patients per permanent GP | 5.0 qualified permanent9.5 including trainees and locums1,457 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.