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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
Liverpool Rd Medical Practice and Blundellsands Surgery 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 | Liverpool Rd Medical PracticeL23 5TE× | Blundellsands SurgeryL23 6TZ× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 90.8likely range 86.3 to 93.6105 survey answers | 85.2likely range 71.9 to 91.593 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 92.5%likely range 86.5% to 96.0%, 105 answers | 85.7%likely range 66.8% to 94.7%, 93 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 86.8%likely range 81.0% to 90.7% | 83.7%likely range 80.6% to 86.3% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 84.6%likely range 74.5% to 91.2%, 1,098 appointments | 97.9%likely range 94.7% to 99.2%, 2,791 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 89.0%likely range 83.3% to 92.9%, 3,477 callsClearly higher | 69.4%likely range 64.1% to 74.3%, 6,565 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 78.9%likely range 70.9% to 85.2%, 103 answers | 64.1%likely range 44.1% to 80.2%, 92 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 95.3%likely range 90.1% to 97.9%, 104 answers | 84.5%likely range 65.3% to 94.1%, 92 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 34.3%likely range 26.5% to 43.0%, 105 answers | 20.3%likely range 8.9% to 40.0%, 93 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 68.0%likely range 52.7% to 80.3%, 36 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 92.1%likely range 86.0% to 95.7%, 104 answers | 89.5%likely range 71.0% to 96.7%, 91 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 89.7%likely range 83.1% to 93.9%, 104 answers | 76.5%likely range 56.5% to 89.0%, 93 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 76.9%likely range 68.3% to 83.7%, 96 answers | 64.3%likely range 43.5% to 80.9%, 85 answers |
| Being listened to | 94.2%likely range 88.6% to 97.2%, 102 answers | 86.0%likely range 66.7% to 94.9%, 90 answers |
| Care and concern | 92.7%likely range 86.6% to 96.1%, 102 answers | 86.6%likely range 67.5% to 95.3%, 90 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.3%likely range 91.3% to 98.5%, 102 answers | 89.6%likely range 71.1% to 96.8%, 90 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.1%likely range 85.7% to 95.8%, 96 answers | 98.7%likely range 83.1% to 99.9%, 87 answers |
| Needs met | 94.2%likely range 88.5% to 97.2%, 102 answers | 98.7%likely range 83.6% to 99.9%, 90 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 86.3%likely range 74.3% to 93.2%, 51 patients | 87.8%likely range 78.5% to 93.5%, 74 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 87.0%likely range 75.6% to 93.6%, 54 patients | 88.7%likely range 79.3% to 94.2%, 71 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 83.1%likely range 72.7% to 90.1%, 71 patients | 82.2%likely range 71.9% to 89.3%, 73 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.1%likely range 65.1% to 70.9%, 968 patients | 76.7%likely range 74.5% to 78.7%, 1,548 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 65.6%likely range 61.6% to 69.3%, 581 patients | 77.8%likely range 75.2% to 80.1%, 1,070 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,058August 2026 | 10,517August 2026 |
| Primary care network | South Sefton PCN | South Sefton PCN |
| Phone | 0151 9313197 | 0151 9246464 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 95.7% good or very good141 answers, June 2026 | 96.0% good or very good275 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,709 in August 2026Same day 31.3%; face to face 77.0% | 3,787 in August 2026Same day 56.3%; face to face 69.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.92England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.75England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.4 qualified permanent2.9 including trainees and locums4,246 patients per permanent GP | 5.2 qualified permanent9.0 including trainees and locums2,035 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.