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Westminster Medical Centre vs Kirkdale 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?
Westminster Medical Centre and Kirkdale 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 | Westminster Medical CentreL4 3TT | Kirkdale Medical CentreL4 4QJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 71.3likely range 63.4 to 77.995 survey answers | 70.5likely range 66.5 to 74.096 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 69.2%likely range 58.1% to 78.5%, 95 answers | 67.8%likely range 62.9% to 72.4%, 96 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 75.9%likely range 71.2% to 79.6% | 76.6%likely range 69.7% to 81.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 96.2%likely range 90.5% to 98.5%, 1,553 appointments | 91.5%likely range 80.9% to 96.5%, 801 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 55.4%likely range 48.1% to 62.6%, 3,705 calls | 61.6%likely range 52.7% to 69.7%, 2,528 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 37.1%likely range 26.8% to 48.7%, 89 answers | 51.1%likely range 46.0% to 56.3%, 93 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 75.3%likely range 64.5% to 83.6%, 94 answers | 75.1%likely range 70.4% to 79.3%, 95 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 23.2%likely range 15.1% to 33.8%, 95 answers | 24.5%likely range 20.3% to 29.2%, 94 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 27.1%likely range 13.4% to 47.3%, 31 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 78.0%likely range 66.6% to 86.4%, 82 answers | 74.7%likely range 69.7% to 79.1%, 85 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 61.8%likely range 50.3% to 72.1%, 91 answers | 47.9%likely range 42.7% to 53.1%, 93 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 71.3%likely range 59.3% to 80.9%, 81 answers | 74.8%likely range 69.5% to 79.4%, 77 answers |
| Being listened to | 84.4%likely range 74.2% to 91.0%, 89 answers | 80.9%likely range 76.5% to 84.7%, 93 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.9%likely range 73.6% to 90.7%, 88 answers | 80.1%likely range 75.6% to 83.9%, 93 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 86.8%likely range 76.9% to 92.8%, 87 answers | 91.7%likely range 88.2% to 94.2%, 87 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 85.7%likely range 75.3% to 92.2%, 83 answers | 90.1%likely range 86.2% to 92.9%, 82 answers |
| Needs met | 88.6%likely range 79.0% to 94.1%, 87 answers | 89.3%likely range 85.6% to 92.1%, 91 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 71.2%likely range 59.4% to 80.7%, 66 patients | 76.2%likely range 54.9% to 89.4%, 21 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 62.1%likely range 50.1% to 72.9%, 66 patients | 68.2%likely range 47.3% to 83.6%, 22 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 57.1%likely range 46.9% to 66.8%, 91 patients | 54.8%likely range 37.8% to 70.8%, 31 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 55.2%likely range 52.3% to 58.0%, 1,160 patients | 59.3%likely range 54.8% to 63.6%, 481 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 62.8%likely range 58.2% to 67.2%, 438 patients | 63.7%likely range 57.3% to 69.7%, 226 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,260August 2026 | 2,741August 2026 |
| Primary care network | North Liverpool PCN | North Liverpool PCN |
| Phone | 0151 9223510 | 0151 2070950 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 91.3% good or very good46 answers, June 2026 | 91.7% good or very good24 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,062 in August 2026Same day 51.0%; face to face 46.9% | 817 in August 2026Same day 53.5%; face to face 50.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.75England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.93England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.0 qualified permanent2.0 including trainees and locums3,130 patients per permanent GP | 1.0 qualified permanent1.5 including trainees and locums2,741 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.