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Dingle Park Practice vs The Elms 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?
Dingle Park Practice and The Elms 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 | Dingle Park PracticeL8 6QP | The Elms Medical CentreL8 3SS |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 74.6likely range 68.7 to 79.5113 survey answers | 82.8likely range 73.1 to 89.0112 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 | 72.1%likely range 63.9% to 79.0%, 113 answers | 81.4%likely range 67.6% to 90.2%, 112 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 80.2%likely range 75.8% to 84.0% | 86.0%likely range 83.4% to 87.7% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 96.9%likely range 94.0% to 98.5%, 3,788 appointments | 95.5%likely range 92.9% to 97.2%, 5,686 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 63.3%likely range 55.1% to 70.8%, 2,963 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 43.5%likely range 35.2% to 52.2%, 108 answers | 68.0%likely range 53.0% to 80.0%, 109 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 79.0%likely range 71.3% to 85.1%, 111 answers | 90.0%likely range 77.6% to 95.9%, 111 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 36.1%likely range 28.3% to 44.6%, 111 answers | 41.6%likely range 28.2% to 56.3%, 112 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 39.4%likely range 27.1% to 53.2%, 44 answers | 27.0%likely range 10.4% to 54.1%, 35 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 82.5%likely range 74.8% to 88.3%, 103 answers | 78.2%likely range 63.6% to 88.0%, 108 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 58.8%likely range 50.3% to 66.9%, 112 answers | 69.1%likely range 54.2% to 80.8%, 111 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 82.1%likely range 74.1% to 88.1%, 98 answers | 87.8%likely range 74.3% to 94.7%, 103 answers |
| Being listened to | 81.3%likely range 73.8% to 87.1%, 110 answers | 84.6%likely range 70.9% to 92.5%, 108 answers |
| Care and concern | 80.5%likely range 72.8% to 86.5%, 108 answers | 78.2%likely range 63.6% to 88.0%, 107 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 85.0%likely range 77.9% to 90.2%, 109 answers | 92.3%likely range 80.2% to 97.3%, 106 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 80.9%likely range 73.1% to 86.9%, 105 answers | 90.9%likely range 77.9% to 96.6%, 101 answers |
| Needs met | 83.2%likely range 75.7% to 88.8%, 106 answers | 79.4%likely range 65.0% to 88.9%, 108 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 70.0%likely range 57.5% to 80.1%, 60 patients | 82.1%likely range 73.7% to 88.2%, 106 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 71.7%likely range 58.4% to 82.0%, 53 patients | 80.7%likely range 71.2% to 87.6%, 88 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 72.3%likely range 58.2% to 83.1%, 47 patients | 63.5%likely range 52.9% to 73.0%, 85 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.6%likely range 65.9% to 71.1%, 1,238 patients | 67.6%likely range 65.4% to 69.7%, 1,882 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 70.9%likely range 66.4% to 75.0%, 423 patients | 73.8%likely range 70.8% to 76.5%, 888 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,670August 2026 | 9,568August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Central Liverpool PCN | Central Liverpool PCN |
| Phone | 0151 2959228 | 0151 7275555 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 80.0% good or very good125 answers, June 2026 | 95.9% good or very good49 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,505 in August 2026Same day 77.0%; face to face 22.6% | 6,364 in August 2026Same day 70.9%; face to face 31.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.73England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.6 qualified permanent6.5 including trainees and locums1,233 patients per permanent GP | 7.0 qualified permanent11.2 including trainees and locums1,375 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.