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Compare GP practices side by side
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
Sefton Park Medical Centre and Earle Road 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 | Sefton Park Medical CentreL15 2LQ× | Earle Road Medical CentreL7 6HD× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 85.2likely range 72.4 to 91.393 survey answers | 78.8likely range 71.0 to 84.873 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 | 86.2%likely range 68.1% to 94.8%, 93 answers | 74.8%likely range 63.9% to 83.3%, 73 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 82.6%likely range 78.0% to 86.0% | 87.9%likely range 82.9% to 91.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 88.9%likely range 82.3% to 93.2%, 1,983 appointments | 96.6%likely range 90.2% to 98.9%, 1,250 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 76.2%likely range 69.8% to 81.6%, 4,176 calls | 79.1%likely range 71.2% to 85.3%, 2,637 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 70.9%likely range 50.7% to 85.3%, 86 answers | 34.2%likely range 23.9% to 46.3%, 65 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 98.5%likely range 84.3% to 99.9%, 92 answers | 77.9%likely range 66.9% to 86.1%, 69 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 37.9%likely range 21.8% to 57.2%, 92 answers | 54.5%likely range 43.0% to 65.4%, 71 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 65.0%likely range 33.4% to 87.3%, 33 answers | 45.8%likely range 30.4% to 62.1%, 35 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 93.1%likely range 76.2% to 98.3%, 89 answers | 62.7%likely range 50.7% to 73.4%, 65 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 84.6%likely range 66.2% to 93.9%, 93 answers | 62.2%likely range 50.5% to 72.6%, 69 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 79.8%likely range 59.3% to 91.5%, 81 answers | 66.6%likely range 53.2% to 77.8%, 53 answers |
| Being listened to | 88.3%likely range 70.0% to 96.1%, 88 answers | 87.7%likely range 77.9% to 93.5%, 68 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.9%likely range 69.2% to 95.9%, 86 answers | 87.1%likely range 77.1% to 93.1%, 67 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 100.0%likely range 85.7% to 100.0%, 84 answers | 89.0%likely range 79.4% to 94.4%, 68 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.6%likely range 74.1% to 98.2%, 79 answers | 80.2%likely range 68.9% to 88.1%, 64 answers |
| Needs met | 97.6%likely range 81.9% to 99.7%, 84 answers | 88.8%likely range 79.0% to 94.3%, 66 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 78.9%likely range 69.4% to 86.0%, 90 patients | 75.6%likely range 60.7% to 86.2%, 41 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 71.6%likely range 61.0% to 80.3%, 81 patients | 77.1%likely range 63.5% to 86.7%, 48 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 70.3%likely range 60.3% to 78.7%, 91 patients | 83.3%likely range 69.4% to 91.7%, 42 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 53.3%likely range 51.2% to 55.5%, 2,052 patients | 71.2%likely range 67.5% to 74.5%, 638 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 63.9%likely range 59.9% to 67.7%, 576 patients | 70.6%likely range 64.9% to 75.7%, 272 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,763August 2026 | 3,844August 2026 |
| Primary care network | The Picton PCN | The Picton PCN |
| Phone | 0151 2958700 | 0151 7337172 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.9% good or very good49 answers, June 2026 | 90.7% good or very good43 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,802 in August 2026Same day 41.4%; face to face 58.1% | 1,357 in August 2026Same day 49.6%; face to face 69.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.59England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.21England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.4 qualified permanent6.3 including trainees and locums2,219 patients per permanent GP | 1.0 qualified permanent1.1 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.