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Fir Park Medical Centre vs Upton Rocks Primary Care
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?
Fir Park Medical Centre and Upton Rocks Primary Care 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 | Fir Park Medical CentreWA8 9DT | Upton Rocks Primary CareWA8 7NU |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 71.3likely range 55.4 to 82.298 survey answers | 78.9likely range 74.4 to 81.9112 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 | 71.3%likely range 48.7% to 86.7%, 98 answers | 76.5%likely range 72.1% to 80.4%, 112 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 71.1%likely range 65.1% to 75.9% | 84.5%likely range 73.4% to 88.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 80.6%likely range 74.6% to 85.4%, 3,102 appointments | 94.0%likely range 82.9% to 98.1%, 671 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 | 42.8%likely range 22.8% to 65.5%, 89 answers | 61.0%likely range 56.1% to 65.8%, 108 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 70.0%likely range 47.0% to 86.0%, 95 answers | 92.9%likely range 89.9% to 95.0%, 110 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 33.8%likely range 16.8% to 56.5%, 97 answers | 16.7%likely range 13.4% to 20.7%, 111 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 14.1%likely range 2.1% to 55.4%, 31 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 72.5%likely range 49.3% to 87.7%, 94 answers | 79.4%likely range 75.1% to 83.2%, 105 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 60.2%likely range 37.9% to 78.9%, 96 answers | 62.9%likely range 58.0% to 67.5%, 109 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 68.5%likely range 44.5% to 85.5%, 87 answers | 78.0%likely range 73.5% to 82.0%, 101 answers |
| Being listened to | 88.8%likely range 66.8% to 96.9%, 93 answers | 76.5%likely range 72.1% to 80.4%, 111 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.8%likely range 66.5% to 96.9%, 91 answers | 74.5%likely range 70.0% to 78.5%, 111 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.2%likely range 71.2% to 98.3%, 94 answers | 86.4%likely range 82.7% to 89.5%, 109 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.6%likely range 74.0% to 99.1%, 92 answers | 83.6%likely range 79.5% to 87.0%, 104 answers |
| Needs met | 92.0%likely range 71.3% to 98.2%, 96 answers | 85.1%likely range 81.3% to 88.3%, 110 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 88.0%likely range 80.5% to 92.8%, 108 patients | 94.9%likely range 83.1% to 98.6%, 39 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 85.1%likely range 77.4% to 90.5%, 114 patients | 78.9%likely range 63.7% to 88.9%, 38 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 82.3%likely range 73.5% to 88.6%, 96 patients | 73.5%likely range 56.9% to 85.4%, 34 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 77.1%likely range 75.1% to 78.9%, 1,867 patients | 64.7%likely range 61.0% to 68.3%, 669 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 81.8%likely range 79.4% to 84.0%, 1,106 patients | 72.6%likely range 67.6% to 77.1%, 336 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 12,210August 2026 | 3,566August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Widnes PCN | Widnes PCN |
| Phone | 0151 4232990 | 0151 5115730 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.9% good or very good215 answers, June 2026 | 74.8% good or very good107 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,875 in August 2026Same day 52.1%; face to face 37.9% | 1,291 in August 2026Same day 33.1%; face to face 82.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.68England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.73England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 7.2 qualified permanent11.9 including trainees and locums1,693 patients per permanent GP | 0.3 qualified permanent0.3 including trainees and locums |
| 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.