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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
Rainhill Village Surgery and Longton 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 | Rainhill Village SurgeryL35 4LP× | Longton Medical CentreL35 4LL× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 88.9likely range 82.6 to 92.4116 survey answers | 83.2likely range 74.2 to 89.1100 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 | 89.6%likely range 81.5% to 94.4%, 116 answers | 82.0%likely range 69.2% to 90.3%, 100 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 87.2%likely range 77.8% to 89.7% | 86.0%likely range 80.9% to 88.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 96.7%likely range 87.3% to 99.2%, 747 appointments | 95.5%likely range 90.4% to 98.0%, 1,961 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 78.3%likely range 68.7% to 85.6%, 115 answers | 64.6%likely range 50.3% to 76.6%, 95 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 94.2%likely range 87.2% to 97.5%, 113 answers | 92.2%likely range 81.2% to 97.0%, 96 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 40.9%likely range 31.2% to 51.4%, 114 answers | 22.4%likely range 13.1% to 35.6%, 101 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 59.7%likely range 43.6% to 73.9%, 49 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 77.2%likely range 67.4% to 84.7%, 114 answers | 94.1%likely range 83.8% to 98.0%, 99 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 92.2%likely range 84.8% to 96.2%, 117 answers | 74.0%likely range 60.3% to 84.2%, 99 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 76.1%likely range 65.7% to 84.1%, 104 answers | 86.3%likely range 73.5% to 93.4%, 92 answers |
| Being listened to | 95.6%likely range 89.0% to 98.3%, 113 answers | 97.1%likely range 88.2% to 99.3%, 100 answers |
| Care and concern | 90.1%likely range 82.1% to 94.8%, 113 answers | 95.0%likely range 85.1% to 98.4%, 100 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 98.8%likely range 93.6% to 99.8%, 113 answers | 99.5%likely range 91.9% to 100.0%, 100 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 98.4%likely range 92.9% to 99.6%, 110 answers | 92.7%likely range 81.5% to 97.3%, 93 answers |
| Needs met | 99.0%likely range 94.0% to 99.8%, 112 answers | 96.3%likely range 86.8% to 99.0%, 97 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 86.1%likely range 71.3% to 93.9%, 36 patients | 90.4%likely range 83.2% to 94.7%, 104 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 83.3%likely range 70.4% to 91.3%, 48 patients | 82.8%likely range 73.5% to 89.3%, 87 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 90.6%likely range 79.7% to 95.9%, 53 patients | 85.2%likely range 75.9% to 91.3%, 81 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 78.6%likely range 75.8% to 81.1%, 906 patients | 75.8%likely range 73.6% to 77.9%, 1,507 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 80.0%likely range 76.9% to 82.8%, 709 patients | 79.5%likely range 76.8% to 82.0%, 904 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,752August 2026 | 9,333August 2026 |
| Primary care network | St Helens South PCN | St Helens South PCN |
| Phone | 0151 5115672 | 0151 2904700 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 95.3% good or very good148 answers, June 2026 | 88.5% good or very good435 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,430 in August 2026Same day 37.3%; face to face 74.0% | 2,637 in August 2026Same day 45.5%; face to face 62.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.75England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.3 qualified permanent5.4 including trainees and locums1,558 patients per permanent GP | 3.6 qualified permanent7.0 including trainees and locums2,573 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.