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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
Mere Lane Group Practice and Great Homer Street 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.
| Measure | Mere Lane Group PracticeL5 0QW× | Great Homer Street Medical CentreL5 0QW× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 65.9likely range 51.0 to 78.674 survey answers | 76.1likely range 71.0 to 80.584 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 | 59.6%likely range 38.4% to 77.7%, 74 answers | 73.6%likely range 66.7% to 79.6%, 84 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 80.3%likely range 76.2% to 83.5% | 81.8%likely range 75.8% to 85.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 98.3%likely range 93.8% to 99.6%, 1,632 appointments | 91.6%likely range 82.2% to 96.3%, 975 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 62.1%likely range 55.3% to 68.4%, 4,331 calls | 72.0%likely range 64.3% to 78.6%, 3,130 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 29.9%likely range 14.2% to 52.3%, 70 answers | 64.8%likely range 57.4% to 71.5%, 83 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 71.9%likely range 49.8% to 86.8%, 72 answers | 79.3%likely range 72.6% to 84.7%, 81 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 39.1%likely range 21.3% to 60.5%, 74 answers | 32.4%likely range 25.9% to 39.6%, 84 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 32.7%likely range 11.8% to 63.7%, 35 answers | 65.8%likely range 53.6% to 76.3%, 32 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 76.4%likely range 52.6% to 90.5%, 62 answers | 85.1%likely range 78.9% to 89.7%, 80 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 46.8%likely range 26.9% to 67.8%, 70 answers | 70.1%likely range 63.0% to 76.4%, 83 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.3%likely range 50.7% to 90.0%, 59 answers | 65.4%likely range 57.7% to 72.4%, 75 answers |
| Being listened to | 78.5%likely range 55.8% to 91.3%, 68 answers | 78.8%likely range 72.1% to 84.2%, 82 answers |
| Care and concern | 74.5%likely range 51.7% to 88.8%, 68 answers | 78.4%likely range 71.7% to 83.9%, 82 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.4%likely range 70.2% to 97.9%, 66 answers | 86.9%likely range 81.0% to 91.2%, 81 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 83.3%likely range 60.7% to 94.1%, 66 answers | 79.4%likely range 72.6% to 84.8%, 80 answers |
| Needs met | 83.3%likely range 61.1% to 94.1%, 68 answers | 77.1%likely range 70.2% to 82.8%, 80 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 82.4%likely range 73.3% to 88.9%, 91 patients | 76.9%likely range 57.9% to 89.0%, 26 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 71.1%likely range 62.1% to 78.6%, 114 patients | 60.9%likely range 40.8% to 77.8%, 23 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 56.2%likely range 46.6% to 65.3%, 105 patients | 62.9%likely range 46.3% to 76.8%, 35 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 52.6%likely range 50.2% to 55.0%, 1,606 patients | 60.7%likely range 56.6% to 64.6%, 575 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 52.5%likely range 48.2% to 56.8%, 514 patients | 66.1%likely range 59.9% to 71.8%, 242 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,511August 2026 | 3,419August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Anfield & Everton PCN | Anfield & Everton PCN |
| Phone | 0151 2959620 | 0151 2959393 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 91.7% good or very good48 answers, June 2026 | 93.5% good or very good46 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,948 in August 2026Same day 63.8%; face to face 51.4% | 1,647 in August 2026Same day 47.3%; face to face 50.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.91England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.8 qualified permanent5.3 including trainees and locums2,232 patients per permanent GP | 0.8 qualified permanent4.0 including trainees and locums |
| 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.