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Mere Lane Group Practice vs Great Homer Street 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?
Mere Lane Group Practice and Great Homer Street Medical Centre cannot be told apart on the Practice score. The 95% intervals overlap, so the data does not show that one is ahead of the other, whatever the two numbers are.
Side by side
| Measure | Mere Lane Group PracticeL5 0QW | Great Homer Street Medical CentreL5 0QW |
|---|---|---|
| Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice score | 65.995% interval 51.0 to 78.674 survey answers | 76.195% interval 71.0 to 80.584 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 | 59.6%95% interval 38.4% to 77.7%, 74 answers | 73.6%95% interval 66.7% to 79.6%, 84 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 80.3%95% interval 76.2% to 83.5% | 81.8%95% interval 75.8% to 85.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 98.3%95% interval 93.8% to 99.6%, 1,632 appointments | 91.6%95% interval 82.2% to 96.3%, 975 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 62.1%95% interval 55.3% to 68.4%, 4,331 calls | 72.0%95% interval 64.3% to 78.6%, 3,130 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the rating) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 29.9%95% interval 14.2% to 52.3%, 70 answers | 64.8%95% interval 57.4% to 71.5%, 83 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 71.9%95% interval 49.8% to 86.8%, 72 answers | 79.3%95% interval 72.6% to 84.7%, 81 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 39.1%95% interval 21.3% to 60.5%, 74 answers | 32.4%95% interval 25.9% to 39.6%, 84 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 32.7%95% interval 11.8% to 63.7%, 35 answers | 65.8%95% interval 53.6% to 76.3%, 32 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 76.4%95% interval 52.6% to 90.5%, 62 answers | 85.1%95% interval 78.9% to 89.7%, 80 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 46.8%95% interval 26.9% to 67.8%, 70 answers | 70.1%95% interval 63.0% to 76.4%, 83 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.3%95% interval 50.7% to 90.0%, 59 answers | 65.4%95% interval 57.7% to 72.4%, 75 answers |
| Being listened to | 78.5%95% interval 55.8% to 91.3%, 68 answers | 78.8%95% interval 72.1% to 84.2%, 82 answers |
| Care and concern | 74.5%95% interval 51.7% to 88.8%, 68 answers | 78.4%95% interval 71.7% to 83.9%, 82 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.4%95% interval 70.2% to 97.9%, 66 answers | 86.9%95% interval 81.0% to 91.2%, 81 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 83.3%95% interval 60.7% to 94.1%, 66 answers | 79.4%95% interval 72.6% to 84.8%, 80 answers |
| Needs met | 83.3%95% interval 61.1% to 94.1%, 68 answers | 77.1%95% interval 70.2% to 82.8%, 80 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 82.4%95% interval 73.3% to 88.9%, 91 patients | 76.9%95% interval 57.9% to 89.0%, 26 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 71.1%95% interval 62.1% to 78.6%, 114 patients | 60.9%95% interval 40.8% to 77.8%, 23 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 56.2%95% interval 46.6% to 65.3%, 105 patients | 62.9%95% interval 46.3% to 76.8%, 35 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 52.6%95% interval 50.2% to 55.0%, 1,606 patients | 60.7%95% interval 56.6% to 64.6%, 575 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 52.5%95% interval 48.2% to 56.8%, 514 patients | 66.1%95% interval 59.9% to 71.8%, 242 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,511August 2026 | 3,419August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Anfield & Everton PCN | Anfield & Everton PCN |
| Phone | 0151 2959620 | 0151 2959393 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 91.7% good or very good48 answers, June 2026 | 93.5% good or very good46 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,948 in August 2026Same day 63.8%; face to face 51.4% | 1,647 in August 2026Same day 47.3%; face to face 50.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.91England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.8 qualified permanent5.3 including trainees and locums2,232 patients per permanent GP | 0.8 qualified permanent4.0 including trainees and locums |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s 95% interval lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the intervals overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.
The Practice score 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.