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Cornerways Medical Centre 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?

Cornerways Medical Centre 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.

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MeasureCornerways Medical CentreL36 3TNColby Medical CentreL36 7XY
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade79.0likely range 63.5 to 88.6103 survey answers81.8likely range 77.6 to 84.2108 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageClearly above the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good75.6%likely range 53.4% to 89.3%, 103 answers82.1%likely range 79.4% to 84.4%, 108 answers
Access (mean of the two below)86.9%likely range 83.1% to 88.8%80.9%likely range 68.4% to 86.7%
Appointments within two weeks of booking96.4%likely range 92.6% to 98.3%, 2,781 appointments90.4%likely range 77.9% to 96.2%, 648 appointments
Calls answered by the practiceNot in the grade: no phone dataNot in the grade: no phone data
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone41.8%likely range 22.4% to 64.1%, 94 answers84.8%likely range 82.3% to 87.1%, 103 answers
Reception and admin team82.5%likely range 60.2% to 93.6%, 98 answers88.7%likely range 86.4% to 90.6%, 105 answers
Having a preferred professional34.1%likely range 17.2% to 56.2%, 102 answers59.2%likely range 55.9% to 62.3%, 108 answers
Seeing your preferred professional38.9%likely range 12.1% to 74.5%, 32 answers49.4%likely range 45.1% to 53.7%, 64 answers
Knowing the next step75.1%likely range 51.8% to 89.4%, 94 answers86.2%likely range 83.8% to 88.4%, 105 answers
Contacting the practice61.6%likely range 39.8% to 79.6%, 102 answers87.2%likely range 84.9% to 89.2%, 108 answers
Wait for an appointment59.8%likely range 36.0% to 79.8%, 83 answers67.2%likely range 63.7% to 70.5%, 90 answers
Being listened to87.9%likely range 66.4% to 96.4%, 98 answers84.0%likely range 81.5% to 86.3%, 106 answers
Care and concern86.1%likely range 64.4% to 95.5%, 99 answers86.2%likely range 83.8% to 88.4%, 106 answers
Confidence and trust88.6%likely range 67.2% to 96.7%, 98 answers87.7%likely range 85.4% to 89.7%, 106 answers
Involvement in decisions87.0%likely range 64.4% to 96.1%, 91 answers86.0%likely range 83.4% to 88.2%, 99 answers
Needs met81.3%likely range 59.0% to 93.0%, 98 answers85.2%likely range 82.7% to 87.4%, 105 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months78.6%likely range 71.3% to 84.5%, 145 patients72.7%likely range 51.8% to 86.8%, 22 patients
Children at 18 months76.7%likely range 70.0% to 82.2%, 180 patients78.3%likely range 58.1% to 90.3%, 23 patients
Children at 5 years68.2%likely range 60.5% to 75.0%, 154 patients65.2%likely range 44.9% to 81.2%, 23 patients
Women aged 25 to 4964.3%likely range 62.5% to 66.1%, 2,787 patients64.6%likely range 59.9% to 69.0%, 421 patients
Women aged 50 to 6468.2%likely range 65.4% to 71.0%, 1,074 patients65.2%likely range 58.2% to 71.7%, 187 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients14,358August 20262,367August 2026
Primary care networkWest Knowsley PCNWest Knowsley PCN
Phone0151 90200200151 2443290
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)85.0% good or very good240 answers, June 202697.9% good or very good48 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)6,874 in August 2026Same day 28.3%; face to face 54.9%1,193 in August 2026Same day 27.9%; face to face 50.5%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.64England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20261.12England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)4.3 qualified permanent6.2 including trainees and locums3,355 patients per permanent GP0.0 qualified permanent1.0 including trainees and locums
CQC rating (a separate source)GoodGood

“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.

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