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Mill Street Medical Ctr. vs Atlas 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?
Mill Street Medical Ctr. and Atlas 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 | Mill Street Medical Ctr.WA10 2BD | Atlas Medical PracticeWA9 1LN |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 87.4likely range 77.8 to 92.5119 survey answers | 71.7likely range 60.3 to 81.1119 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 | 86.7%likely range 73.0% to 94.0%, 119 answers | 64.9%likely range 48.7% to 78.3%, 119 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 88.9%likely range 85.5% to 90.0% | 87.3%likely range 83.7% to 89.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 98.4%likely range 95.0% to 99.5%, 2,464 appointments | 96.8%likely range 93.2% to 98.5%, 2,937 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 | 55.0%likely range 39.6% to 69.5%, 114 answers | 42.3%likely range 27.3% to 58.8%, 111 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 95.4%likely range 83.7% to 98.8%, 114 answers | 93.3%likely range 80.4% to 98.0%, 118 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 21.0%likely range 11.3% to 35.7%, 120 answers | 21.9%likely range 11.5% to 37.7%, 117 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 20.0%likely range 5.9% to 50.0%, 33 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 85.6%likely range 71.3% to 93.4%, 114 answers | 84.5%likely range 69.1% to 93.0%, 112 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 84.2%likely range 69.9% to 92.4%, 117 answers | 71.9%likely range 55.5% to 84.0%, 115 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 84.1%likely range 68.8% to 92.7%, 104 answers | 66.2%likely range 49.0% to 80.0%, 106 answers |
| Being listened to | 92.2%likely range 79.3% to 97.3%, 112 answers | 83.8%likely range 68.5% to 92.5%, 115 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.9%likely range 72.7% to 94.3%, 111 answers | 82.5%likely range 66.7% to 91.7%, 112 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.3%likely range 80.7% to 97.9%, 111 answers | 90.8%likely range 76.9% to 96.7%, 115 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.2%likely range 83.2% to 98.8%, 109 answers | 86.3%likely range 70.6% to 94.3%, 106 answers |
| Needs met | 92.5%likely range 79.9% to 97.5%, 114 answers | 82.3%likely range 66.9% to 91.5%, 116 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.9%likely range 85.4% to 96.7%, 85 patients | 80.3%likely range 69.2% to 88.1%, 66 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 84.1%likely range 75.0% to 90.3%, 88 patients | 85.3%likely range 75.6% to 91.6%, 75 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 88.6%likely range 79.7% to 93.9%, 79 patients | 76.4%likely range 68.3% to 82.9%, 127 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.2%likely range 65.8% to 70.5%, 1,482 patients | 56.8%likely range 54.4% to 59.1%, 1,692 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.5%likely range 70.6% to 76.1%, 980 patients | 59.7%likely range 56.7% to 62.7%, 1,001 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,177August 2026 | 11,329August 2026 |
| Primary care network | St Helens South PCN | St Helens South PCN |
| Phone | 01744 624810 | 01744 752521 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 82.5% good or very good63 answers, June 2026 | 85.2% good or very good115 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,305 in August 2026Same day 56.5%; face to face 61.7% | 4,753 in August 2026Same day 45.7%; face to face 52.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.97England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.87England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.8 qualified permanent10.6 including trainees and locums2,097 patients per permanent GP | 3.1 qualified permanent3.1 including trainees and locums3,662 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.