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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
Earle Road Medical Centre and Picton Green 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 | Earle Road Medical CentreL7 6HD× | Picton GreenL7 6HD× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 78.8likely range 71.0 to 84.873 survey answers | 75.2likely range 70.3 to 79.195 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 | 74.8%likely range 63.9% to 83.3%, 73 answers | 73.6%likely range 67.9% to 78.7%, 95 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 87.9%likely range 82.9% to 91.2% | 78.8%likely range 69.4% to 84.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 96.6%likely range 90.2% to 98.9%, 1,250 appointments | 90.9%likely range 74.7% to 97.1%, 427 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 79.1%likely range 71.2% to 85.3%, 2,637 calls | 66.7%likely range 57.1% to 75.0%, 2,166 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 34.2%likely range 23.9% to 46.3%, 65 answers | 48.9%likely range 42.6% to 55.3%, 87 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 77.9%likely range 66.9% to 86.1%, 69 answers | 81.7%likely range 76.4% to 86.0%, 92 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 54.5%likely range 43.0% to 65.4%, 71 answers | 49.7%likely range 43.5% to 55.8%, 93 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 45.8%likely range 30.4% to 62.1%, 35 answers | 35.0%likely range 26.9% to 43.9%, 45 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 62.7%likely range 50.7% to 73.4%, 65 answers | 71.4%likely range 65.3% to 76.8%, 88 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 62.2%likely range 50.5% to 72.6%, 69 answers | 73.2%likely range 67.3% to 78.3%, 91 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 66.6%likely range 53.2% to 77.8%, 53 answers | 68.0%likely range 61.2% to 74.0%, 75 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.7%likely range 77.9% to 93.5%, 68 answers | 86.6%likely range 81.7% to 90.3%, 90 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.1%likely range 77.1% to 93.1%, 67 answers | 84.6%likely range 79.5% to 88.7%, 88 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 89.0%likely range 79.4% to 94.4%, 68 answers | 92.9%likely range 88.8% to 95.5%, 87 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 80.2%likely range 68.9% to 88.1%, 64 answers | 96.1%likely range 92.8% to 97.9%, 88 answers |
| Needs met | 88.8%likely range 79.0% to 94.3%, 66 answers | 87.2%likely range 82.2% to 90.9%, 86 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 75.6%likely range 60.7% to 86.2%, 41 patients | 61.9%likely range 46.8% to 75.0%, 42 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 77.1%likely range 63.5% to 86.7%, 48 patients | 66.1%likely range 53.7% to 76.7%, 62 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 83.3%likely range 69.4% to 91.7%, 42 patients | 53.7%likely range 38.7% to 67.9%, 41 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 71.2%likely range 67.5% to 74.5%, 638 patients | 49.0%likely range 45.2% to 52.7%, 678 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 70.6%likely range 64.9% to 75.7%, 272 patients | 54.8%likely range 47.8% to 61.5%, 199 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 3,844August 2026 | 3,438August 2026 |
| Primary care network | The Picton PCN | The Picton PCN |
| Phone | 0151 7337172 | 0151 2953377 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 90.7% good or very good43 answers, June 2026 | 95.0% good or very good20 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,357 in August 2026Same day 49.6%; face to face 69.6% | 851 in August 2026Same day 35.6%; face to face 55.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.21England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.90England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.0 qualified permanent1.1 including trainees and locums | 1.0 qualified permanent3.1 including trainees and locums3,438 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.