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Dinas Lane Medical Centre vs Dr M Suares' Practice
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?
Dinas Lane Medical Centre and Dr M Suares' Practice 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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| Measure | Dinas Lane Medical CentreL36 2NW | Dr M Suares' PracticeL14 0JE |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 77.9likely range 63.9 to 87.296 survey answers | 85.8likely range 78.4 to 89.3109 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 | 73.4%likely range 53.5% to 86.8%, 96 answers | 84.5%likely range 77.9% to 89.4%, 109 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 88.1%likely range 84.7% to 89.5% | 88.6%likely range 69.5% to 90.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 97.6%likely range 94.2% to 99.0%, 2,783 appointments | 98.1%likely range 79.0% to 99.9%, 267 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 | 27.7%likely range 13.6% to 48.4%, 89 answers | 67.6%likely range 59.8% to 74.5%, 110 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 92.5%likely range 74.7% to 98.1%, 91 answers | 92.2%likely range 86.8% to 95.5%, 110 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 38.7%likely range 22.1% to 58.4%, 95 answers | 29.9%likely range 23.2% to 37.7%, 108 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 17.4%likely range 4.3% to 49.6%, 38 answers | 48.9%likely range 35.3% to 62.7%, 36 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 73.5%likely range 52.7% to 87.4%, 87 answers | 88.5%likely range 82.2% to 92.7%, 103 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 67.7%likely range 47.3% to 83.0%, 91 answers | 79.9%likely range 72.7% to 85.6%, 106 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 73.1%likely range 51.6% to 87.4%, 82 answers | 77.3%likely range 69.4% to 83.6%, 95 answers |
| Being listened to | 93.0%likely range 75.9% to 98.3%, 94 answers | 87.0%likely range 80.6% to 91.5%, 107 answers |
| Care and concern | 92.3%likely range 74.8% to 98.0%, 93 answers | 88.6%likely range 82.4% to 92.8%, 107 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.1%likely range 78.1% to 99.1%, 90 answers | 94.7%likely range 89.8% to 97.3%, 105 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.2%likely range 78.0% to 99.1%, 88 answers | 94.0%likely range 88.8% to 96.9%, 101 answers |
| Needs met | 96.9%likely range 81.0% to 99.6%, 92 answers | 92.5%likely range 87.0% to 95.7%, 106 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 79.0%likely range 70.3% to 85.7%, 105 patients | 78.4%likely range 65.4% to 87.5%, 51 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 70.7%likely range 61.8% to 78.2%, 116 patients | 77.8%likely range 66.1% to 86.3%, 63 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 72.3%likely range 63.6% to 79.5%, 119 patients | 72.0%likely range 58.3% to 82.5%, 50 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 67.5%likely range 65.3% to 69.6%, 1,784 patients | 67.6%likely range 64.5% to 70.5%, 950 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 66.0%likely range 63.0% to 68.9%, 965 patients | 70.3%likely range 65.9% to 74.4%, 438 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,246August 2026 | 5,387August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Knowsley Central and South PCN | Knowsley Central and South PCN |
| Phone | 0151 4892298 | 0151 4891806 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 85.1% good or very good241 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,200 in August 2026Same day 58.2%; face to face 54.4% | 2,304 in August 2026Same day 44.3%; face to face 67.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.93England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.73England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.8 qualified permanent10.7 including trainees and locums1,779 patients per permanent GP | 4.0 qualified permanent4.0 including trainees and locums1,351 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.