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Pick two to four practices. Each column shows the Practice Grade with its likely range and the number of answers, the other survey questions, and facts from NHS England. We point a practice out as higher only when the survey can show it. Otherwise we say they cannot be told apart.
Comparison
Cavendish Medical Centre and Miriam Primary Care Group 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.
| Measure | Cavendish Medical CentreCH41 8DB× | Miriam Primary Care GroupCH41 8DB× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 87.6likely range 81.9 to 91.097 survey answers | 83.7likely range 69.7 to 90.7121 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: clearly above the England average | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 90.6%likely range 82.8% to 95.1%, 97 answers | 83.9%likely range 64.0% to 93.9%, 121 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 80.5%likely range 74.9% to 84.9% | 83.0%likely range 78.3% to 86.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 74.0%likely range 64.8% to 81.5%, 1,586 appointments | 92.5%likely range 87.8% to 95.5%, 2,852 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 86.8%likely range 80.6% to 91.3%, 3,185 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 70.4%likely range 59.9% to 79.0%, 93 answers | 61.9%likely range 41.2% to 79.0%, 118 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 97.6%likely range 91.8% to 99.3%, 94 answers | 84.3%likely range 64.4% to 94.1%, 120 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 31.1%likely range 22.4% to 41.4%, 96 answers | 42.1%likely range 24.3% to 62.2%, 121 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 57.3%likely range 38.5% to 74.2%, 30 answers | 35.1%likely range 12.2% to 67.8%, 44 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.9%likely range 81.8% to 94.6%, 95 answers | 79.2%likely range 58.2% to 91.2%, 115 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 88.8%likely range 80.5% to 93.8%, 96 answers | 78.0%likely range 57.3% to 90.4%, 119 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 83.2%likely range 73.2% to 89.9%, 84 answers | 86.8%likely range 66.0% to 95.7%, 108 answers |
| Being listened to | 93.4%likely range 86.1% to 97.0%, 94 answers | 87.9%likely range 68.4% to 96.1%, 118 answers |
| Care and concern | 95.2%likely range 88.4% to 98.1%, 94 answers | 86.6%likely range 66.9% to 95.4%, 118 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.1%likely range 91.0% to 99.1%, 93 answers | 92.8%likely range 74.3% to 98.3%, 117 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 98.9%likely range 93.5% to 99.8%, 88 answers | 92.0%likely range 73.0% to 98.0%, 113 answers |
| Needs met | 95.5%likely range 88.7% to 98.3%, 92 answers | 90.3%likely range 71.3% to 97.2%, 118 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 82.7%likely range 70.3% to 90.6%, 52 patients | 83.4%likely range 77.1% to 88.3%, 169 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 87.8%likely range 74.5% to 94.7%, 41 patients | 85.4%likely range 79.0% to 90.0%, 157 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 76.1%likely range 62.1% to 86.1%, 46 patients | 77.5%likely range 71.1% to 82.8%, 191 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 65.1%likely range 62.1% to 68.0%, 977 patients | 67.5%likely range 65.8% to 69.2%, 2,863 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 69.1%likely range 64.9% to 73.0%, 492 patients | 66.3%likely range 63.8% to 68.7%, 1,392 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 5,581August 2026 | 16,377August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Birkenhead PCN | Birkenhead PCN |
| Phone | 0151 6521955 | 0151 6526077 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 83.3% good or very good30 answers, June 2026 | 92.7% good or very good799 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,338 in August 2026Same day 40.8%; face to face 73.6% | 13,481 in August 2026Same day 47.5%; face to face 82.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.04England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.11England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.4 qualified permanent9.1 including trainees and locums1,654 patients per permanent GP | 6.2 qualified permanent9.1 including trainees and locums2,664 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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The Practice Grade is the same figure as on each practice’s page, with its margin of error. Two practices whose margins overlap cannot be told apart, however far apart the two numbers look. That is why a bigger number alone never gets a mark here. How we grade.
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.