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The Margaret Thompson Med Centre vs Speke HC - Dr Thakur
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?
The Margaret Thompson Med Centre and Speke HC - Dr Thakur 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 | The Margaret Thompson Med CentreL24 6TH | Speke HC - Dr ThakurL24 2SF |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.6likely range 74.2 to 85.5105 survey answers | 87.0likely range 81.2 to 90.696 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 79.7%likely range 70.7% to 86.5%, 105 answers | 88.2%likely range 80.2% to 93.2%, 96 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 82.6%likely range 78.0% to 86.1% | 83.9%likely range 79.0% to 87.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 90.9%likely range 84.9% to 94.7%, 2,061 appointments | 89.3%likely range 82.9% to 93.6%, 1,981 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 74.1%likely range 67.2% to 80.1%, 3,647 calls | 78.4%likely range 71.0% to 84.4%, 3,012 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 55.3%likely range 45.4% to 64.8%, 104 answers | 69.3%likely range 59.3% to 77.8%, 93 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 84.1%likely range 75.5% to 90.1%, 103 answers | 89.9%likely range 82.2% to 94.5%, 96 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 35.5%likely range 26.6% to 45.5%, 103 answers | 31.5%likely range 23.0% to 41.4%, 95 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 36.0%likely range 22.0% to 52.8%, 38 answers | 28.9%likely range 15.9% to 46.7%, 32 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 78.0%likely range 68.5% to 85.2%, 100 answers | 89.6%likely range 81.6% to 94.4%, 89 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 60.2%likely range 50.2% to 69.4%, 104 answers | 86.2%likely range 77.9% to 91.8%, 95 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 71.8%likely range 61.8% to 80.1%, 97 answers | 89.7%likely range 81.4% to 94.6%, 85 answers |
| Being listened to | 81.8%likely range 72.9% to 88.3%, 103 answers | 93.9%likely range 87.0% to 97.2%, 92 answers |
| Care and concern | 81.1%likely range 72.0% to 87.7%, 102 answers | 88.4%likely range 80.2% to 93.5%, 91 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.4%likely range 90.4% to 98.7%, 100 answers | 92.3%likely range 85.0% to 96.2%, 92 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 87.5%likely range 79.2% to 92.8%, 98 answers | 93.5%likely range 86.4% to 97.0%, 91 answers |
| Needs met | 87.3%likely range 79.0% to 92.6%, 100 answers | 94.2%likely range 87.5% to 97.4%, 93 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 81.4%likely range 67.4% to 90.3%, 43 patients | 72.0%likely range 58.3% to 82.5%, 50 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.6%likely range 76.0% to 95.0%, 44 patients | 70.4%likely range 57.2% to 80.9%, 54 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 74.1%likely range 61.1% to 83.9%, 54 patients | 61.5%likely range 49.4% to 72.4%, 65 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.1%likely range 65.2% to 70.9%, 1,017 patients | 70.0%likely range 67.1% to 72.8%, 981 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 61.8%likely range 57.4% to 66.1%, 477 patients | 68.6%likely range 64.2% to 72.7%, 455 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,986August 2026 | 5,565August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Swagga PCN | Swagga PCN |
| Phone | 0151 4253331 | 0151 2958899 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.5% good or very good46 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,494 in August 2026Same day 62.9%; face to face 66.5% | 2,535 in August 2026Same day 59.6%; face to face 53.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.20England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.78England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.0 qualified permanent3.6 including trainees and locums1,995 patients per permanent GP | 1.9 qualified permanent4.3 including trainees and locums2,969 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Requires improvement | 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.