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Churchtown Medical Centre vs The Marshside 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?
The Marshside Surgery’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Churchtown Medical Centre’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Churchtown Medical CentrePR9 7LT | The Marshside SurgeryPR9 9XL |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 81.0likely range 74.5 to 86.0127 survey answers | 89.1likely range 86.2 to 91.1121 survey answersClearly higher |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average | Patients: clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 78.2%likely range 69.0% to 85.3%, 127 answers | 91.8%likely range 89.2% to 93.8%, 121 answersClearly higher |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 87.5%likely range 83.8% to 89.2% | 82.6%likely range 75.2% to 87.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.0%likely range 93.3% to 98.7%, 2,652 appointments | 90.6%likely range 78.9% to 96.1%, 721 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | 74.6%likely range 65.5% to 81.9%, 2,199 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 56.7%likely range 46.2% to 66.5%, 116 answers | 69.5%likely range 65.5% to 73.3%, 117 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 91.3%likely range 83.7% to 95.5%, 122 answers | 92.9%likely range 90.4% to 94.7%, 118 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 29.5%likely range 21.3% to 39.3%, 126 answers | 35.0%likely range 31.1% to 39.1%, 118 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 55.1%likely range 37.2% to 71.7%, 39 answers | 48.9%likely range 42.0% to 55.9%, 44 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 85.9%likely range 77.4% to 91.6%, 122 answers | 96.6%likely range 94.7% to 97.8%, 118 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 69.4%likely range 59.5% to 77.8%, 125 answers | 83.5%likely range 80.2% to 86.4%, 119 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 92.1%likely range 84.3% to 96.2%, 111 answers | 86.4%likely range 83.2% to 89.1%, 114 answers |
| Being listened to | 89.3%likely range 81.4% to 94.1%, 123 answers | 94.6%likely range 92.4% to 96.2%, 118 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.1%likely range 78.8% to 92.5%, 122 answers | 92.3%likely range 89.8% to 94.3%, 119 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.6%likely range 86.7% to 97.0%, 123 answers | 93.7%likely range 91.4% to 95.5%, 119 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.7%likely range 84.2% to 95.9%, 118 answers | 94.8%likely range 92.6% to 96.4%, 116 answers |
| Needs met | 93.1%likely range 86.0% to 96.7%, 122 answers | 95.2%likely range 93.0% to 96.7%, 120 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.7%likely range 82.0% to 95.4%, 75 patients | 92.3%likely range 75.9% to 97.9%, 26 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 87.3%likely range 76.9% to 93.4%, 63 patients | 78.6%likely range 60.5% to 89.8%, 28 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 90.9%likely range 82.4% to 95.5%, 77 patients | 88.9%likely range 71.9% to 96.1%, 27 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 72.9%likely range 70.4% to 75.4%, 1,208 patients | 79.1%likely range 75.0% to 82.6%, 435 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.9%likely range 71.0% to 76.6%, 912 patients | 78.9%likely range 74.0% to 83.2%, 304 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,575August 2026 | 3,333August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Southport & Formby PCN | Southport & Formby PCN |
| Phone | 01704 224416 | 01704 505555 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 91.1% good or very good213 answers, June 2026 | 96.4% good or very good137 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,828 in August 2026Same day 47.1%; face to face 56.4% | 1,941 in August 2026Same day 42.2%; face to face 49.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.91England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.97England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.5 qualified permanent3.5 including trainees and locums2,708 patients per permanent GP | 1.1 qualified permanent1.4 including trainees and locums2,918 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.