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St Hilary Group Practice vs Blackheath Med Ctr
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?
St Hilary Group Practice and Blackheath Med Ctr 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 | St Hilary Group PracticeCH45 3NA | Blackheath Med CtrCH46 1SG |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 85.1likely range 80.4 to 88.6119 survey answers | 91.4likely range 88.3 to 93.3110 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 85.5%likely range 79.2% to 90.1%, 119 answers | 93.3%likely range 90.1% to 95.6%, 110 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 84.1%likely range 78.8% to 88.0% | 86.7%likely range 79.7% to 90.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 89.5%likely range 84.5% to 93.0%, 3,077 appointments | 96.3%likely range 85.4% to 99.1%, 621 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 78.5%likely range 69.3% to 85.6%, 2,002 calls | 77.0%likely range 68.4% to 83.8%, 2,359 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 66.2%likely range 58.0% to 73.4%, 106 answers | 90.1%likely range 86.3% to 93.0%, 107 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 80.3%likely range 73.3% to 85.9%, 114 answers | 96.7%likely range 94.2% to 98.2%, 108 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 49.1%likely range 41.5% to 56.7%, 119 answers | 34.2%likely range 29.3% to 39.6%, 110 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 35.6%likely range 24.7% to 48.3%, 46 answers | 58.5%likely range 49.7% to 66.9%, 43 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 86.8%likely range 80.6% to 91.3%, 114 answers | 94.8%likely range 91.8% to 96.8%, 109 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 72.3%likely range 64.9% to 78.7%, 117 answers | 95.6%likely range 92.8% to 97.4%, 110 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 86.2%likely range 79.5% to 91.0%, 102 answers | 97.2%likely range 94.6% to 98.6%, 102 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.7%likely range 81.5% to 92.1%, 111 answers | 95.9%likely range 93.0% to 97.6%, 108 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.4%likely range 76.6% to 88.5%, 111 answers | 95.8%likely range 93.0% to 97.5%, 107 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.6%likely range 91.0% to 97.9%, 111 answers | 94.7%likely range 91.6% to 96.7%, 107 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.4%likely range 88.0% to 96.5%, 103 answers | 95.8%likely range 92.9% to 97.5%, 103 answers |
| Needs met | 89.5%likely range 83.6% to 93.4%, 115 answers | 97.7%likely range 95.3% to 98.9%, 107 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.5%likely range 79.3% to 98.2%, 31 patients | 81.4%likely range 67.4% to 90.3%, 43 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 97.8%likely range 88.4% to 99.6%, 45 patients | 83.3%likely range 66.4% to 92.7%, 30 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 88.9%likely range 76.5% to 95.2%, 45 patients | 87.2%likely range 74.8% to 94.0%, 47 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.1%likely range 70.0% to 75.9%, 866 patients | 77.4%likely range 74.1% to 80.4%, 690 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 79.0%likely range 75.4% to 82.2%, 557 patients | 77.8%likely range 73.3% to 81.7%, 378 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,815August 2026 | 4,260August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Wallasey PCN | Wallasey PCN |
| Phone | 0151 6382216 | 0151 6777070 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 77.9% good or very good195 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,823 in August 2026Same day 56.8%; face to face 72.8% | 2,056 in August 2026Same day 62.4%; face to face 50.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.14England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.8 qualified permanent7.3 including trainees and locums1,533 patients per permanent GP | 2.9 qualified permanent7.0 including trainees and locums1,493 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.