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Waterloo Medical Centre vs Bloomfield 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?
Waterloo Medical Centre and Bloomfield Medical Centre 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 | Waterloo Medical CentreFY4 3AD | Bloomfield Medical CentreFY1 6JW |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 76.0likely range 61.3 to 85.192 survey answers | 74.5likely range 59.3 to 84.4112 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 | 76.6%likely range 55.6% to 89.5%, 92 answers | 74.3%likely range 52.6% to 88.3%, 112 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 74.6%likely range 70.7% to 78.1% | 74.9%likely range 71.8% to 77.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 73.5%likely range 67.6% to 78.7%, 3,650 appointments | 76.3%likely range 72.0% to 80.2%, 6,338 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 75.6%likely range 70.5% to 80.1%, 6,432 calls | 73.4%likely range 68.8% to 77.6%, 8,014 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 48.3%likely range 28.0% to 69.2%, 81 answers | 53.1%likely range 32.4% to 72.9%, 108 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 88.4%likely range 68.3% to 96.4%, 88 answers | 83.1%likely range 61.7% to 93.7%, 110 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.4%likely range 12.5% to 47.5%, 92 answers | 36.4%likely range 19.2% to 58.0%, 111 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 62.1%likely range 28.4% to 87.1%, 31 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 73.4%likely range 51.8% to 87.6%, 88 answers | 73.1%likely range 50.4% to 87.9%, 103 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 70.2%likely range 48.7% to 85.4%, 89 answers | 65.6%likely range 43.7% to 82.4%, 109 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 61.6%likely range 38.9% to 80.1%, 77 answers | 53.0%likely range 30.7% to 74.2%, 91 answers |
| Being listened to | 82.7%likely range 61.6% to 93.5%, 87 answers | 90.5%likely range 70.2% to 97.4%, 108 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.0%likely range 61.6% to 93.7%, 85 answers | 88.6%likely range 67.5% to 96.7%, 105 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 86.2%likely range 65.6% to 95.4%, 87 answers | 95.0%likely range 75.7% to 99.1%, 105 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 84.8%likely range 63.4% to 94.7%, 84 answers | 93.3%likely range 72.7% to 98.6%, 100 answers |
| Needs met | 86.0%likely range 65.0% to 95.3%, 85 answers | 88.9%likely range 67.7% to 96.9%, 103 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 80.0%likely range 72.1% to 86.1%, 125 patients | 83.7%likely range 77.5% to 88.5%, 172 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 91.7%likely range 85.5% to 95.4%, 121 patients | 88.8%likely range 83.4% to 92.5%, 187 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 81.4%likely range 73.8% to 87.2%, 129 patients | 85.1%likely range 79.6% to 89.3%, 208 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 60.7%likely range 58.5% to 62.8%, 2,022 patients | 56.1%likely range 54.2% to 57.9%, 2,799 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 64.6%likely range 61.6% to 67.5%, 1,022 patients | 59.3%likely range 56.7% to 61.8%, 1,380 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 12,567August 2026 | 16,720August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Blackpool South Central PCN | Blackpool South Central PCN |
| Phone | 01253 344219 | 01253 344544 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.3% good or very good134 answers, June 2026 | 87.2% good or very good47 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,290 in August 2026Same day 43.2%; face to face 83.3% | 8,574 in August 2026Same day 55.2%; face to face 62.1% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.84England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.1 qualified permanent8.8 including trainees and locums2,454 patients per permanent GP | 9.4 qualified permanent11.5 including trainees and locums1,781 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.