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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.

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Roby Medical Centre and Nutgrove Villa 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.

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MeasureRoby Medical CentreL36 6GA×Nutgrove Villa SurgeryL36 6GA×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade91.7likely range 88.5 to 93.5106 survey answers88.3likely range 84.9 to 90.3128 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Patients: clearly above the England averagePatients: clearly above the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good95.9%likely range 91.8% to 98.0%, 106 answers89.6%likely range 86.4% to 92.0%, 128 answers
Access (mean of the two below)81.8%likely range 76.6% to 85.2%85.1%likely range 76.4% to 88.6%
Appointments within two weeks of booking91.3%likely range 86.1% to 94.7%, 2,597 appointments94.6%likely range 85.9% to 98.1%, 929 appointments
Calls answered by the practiceNot in the grade: no phone dataNot in the grade: no phone data
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone87.4%likely range 81.5% to 91.7%, 104 answers89.0%likely range 85.7% to 91.6%, 122 answers
Reception and admin team96.4%likely range 92.4% to 98.3%, 106 answers98.1%likely range 96.4% to 99.0%, 127 answers
Having a preferred professional22.3%likely range 16.6% to 29.1%, 106 answers48.0%likely range 43.4% to 52.5%, 128 answers
Seeing your preferred professionalNot shown: fewer than 30 answers65.4%likely range 58.6% to 71.7%, 57 answers
Knowing the next step96.6%likely range 92.5% to 98.5%, 101 answers97.4%likely range 95.4% to 98.5%, 121 answers
Contacting the practice91.7%likely range 86.4% to 95.0%, 102 answers92.6%likely range 89.7% to 94.7%, 121 answers
Wait for an appointment88.7%likely range 82.7% to 92.9%, 94 answers85.5%likely range 81.9% to 88.5%, 121 answers
Being listened to99.1%likely range 96.1% to 99.8%, 100 answers90.2%likely range 87.1% to 92.7%, 122 answers
Care and concern99.5%likely range 96.7% to 99.9%, 100 answers87.4%likely range 84.0% to 90.2%, 122 answers
Confidence and trust98.1%likely range 94.6% to 99.4%, 99 answers94.7%likely range 92.2% to 96.4%, 123 answers
Involvement in decisions99.3%likely range 96.3% to 99.9%, 95 answers96.5%likely range 94.3% to 97.9%, 118 answers
Needs met98.0%likely range 94.4% to 99.3%, 98 answers88.5%likely range 85.2% to 91.1%, 125 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months79.3%likely range 69.6% to 86.5%, 87 patients69.4%likely range 53.1% to 82.0%, 36 patients
Children at 18 months79.8%likely range 70.0% to 87.0%, 84 patients78.9%likely range 63.7% to 88.9%, 38 patients
Children at 5 years71.1%likely range 60.0% to 80.0%, 76 patients77.8%likely range 61.9% to 88.3%, 36 patients
Women aged 25 to 4972.4%likely range 69.7% to 75.1%, 1,045 patients68.9%likely range 65.2% to 72.4%, 640 patients
Women aged 50 to 6482.2%likely range 78.5% to 85.4%, 472 patients66.1%likely range 61.0% to 70.9%, 351 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients5,670August 20263,784August 2026
Primary care networkKnowsley Central and South PCNKnowsley Central and South PCN
Phone0151 44919720151 4892276
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)96.8% good or very good314 answers, June 202697.2% good or very good72 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)3,118 in August 2026Same day 47.0%; face to face 58.8%1,623 in August 2026Same day 43.7%; face to face 42.6%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.73England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.83England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)2.7 qualified permanent4.8 including trainees and locums2,126 patients per permanent GP2.1 qualified permanent2.1 including trainees and locums1,774 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)GoodGood

“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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How to read it

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.

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