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Glovers Lane Surgery vs Ford Medical 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?
Glovers Lane Surgery and Ford Medical 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.
Side by side
| Measure | Glovers Lane SurgeryL30 5TA | Ford Medical PracticeL21 0DF |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 66.3likely range 55.8 to 75.695 survey answers | 67.4likely range 61.5 to 73.0108 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 60.6%likely range 45.7% to 73.7%, 95 answers | 58.9%likely range 50.7% to 66.7%, 108 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 79.5%likely range 74.9% to 83.1% | 87.1%likely range 82.5% to 90.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 91.7%likely range 85.5% to 95.4%, 1,898 appointments | 99.9%likely range 95.0% to 100.0%, 1,149 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 67.3%likely range 60.5% to 73.4%, 4,128 calls | 74.2%likely range 66.4% to 80.7%, 2,963 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 33.8%likely range 21.2% to 49.1%, 90 answers | 26.9%likely range 20.2% to 34.8%, 105 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 69.5%likely range 54.4% to 81.3%, 92 answers | 78.4%likely range 70.8% to 84.5%, 105 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 27.7%likely range 16.6% to 42.4%, 95 answers | 17.4%likely range 12.1% to 24.5%, 108 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 22.9%likely range 8.2% to 49.8%, 31 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 65.1%likely range 49.0% to 78.3%, 82 answers | 69.7%likely range 61.2% to 76.9%, 98 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 51.3%likely range 36.7% to 65.7%, 92 answers | 54.0%likely range 45.7% to 62.1%, 106 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 64.5%likely range 48.0% to 78.2%, 78 answers | 71.0%likely range 62.6% to 78.1%, 98 answers |
| Being listened to | 74.7%likely range 59.8% to 85.5%, 91 answers | 84.9%likely range 77.8% to 90.0%, 101 answers |
| Care and concern | 76.7%likely range 61.8% to 87.0%, 90 answers | 81.5%likely range 74.0% to 87.1%, 102 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 81.3%likely range 66.9% to 90.4%, 90 answers | 92.3%likely range 86.5% to 95.7%, 102 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 82.0%likely range 67.4% to 91.0%, 87 answers | 91.9%likely range 86.0% to 95.5%, 100 answers |
| Needs met | 81.7%likely range 67.5% to 90.6%, 92 answers | 90.0%likely range 83.8% to 94.0%, 104 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 72.9%likely range 61.5% to 81.9%, 70 patients | 63.0%likely range 48.6% to 75.5%, 46 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 70.6%likely range 58.9% to 80.1%, 68 patients | 63.8%likely range 52.0% to 74.1%, 69 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 80.0%likely range 69.2% to 87.7%, 70 patients | 73.7%likely range 61.0% to 83.4%, 57 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 63.3%likely range 60.6% to 65.9%, 1,299 patients | 64.0%likely range 60.9% to 67.0%, 947 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 62.8%likely range 59.2% to 66.2%, 717 patients | 69.5%likely range 65.4% to 73.2%, 537 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,809August 2026 | 5,780August 2026 |
| Primary care network | South Sefton PCN | South Sefton PCN |
| Phone | 0151 5242444 | 01519 492000 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 95.5% good or very good243 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,698 in August 2026Same day 46.7%; face to face 64.2% | 1,689 in August 2026Same day 73.2%; face to face 66.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.54England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.7 qualified permanent6.5 including trainees and locums2,928 patients per permanent GP | 3.4 qualified permanent3.4 including trainees and locums1,680 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.