Cornerways Medical Centre Ltd, Huyton: patient reviews and CQC rating

What patients say about Cornerways Medical Centre Ltd

Its best result against England is the share who said the healthcare professional was good at listening to them: 88%, against 87% across England. Its weakest is the share who found it easy to contact the practice through its website: 24%, below the England figure of 58%. Of the 11 results in the table, 0 are above England and 5 below by more than the survey's margin of error, and 6 within it.

42% found it easy to get through by phone (England: 57%). The overall experience result is 15 points higher than in 2025 (61%). 103 patients answered the survey (response rate 14%).

In the Friends and Family Test for July 2026, 90% of 294 responses rated the practice good or very good (England: 92%).

CQC's overall rating for Cornerways Medical Centre Ltd is Good, published in March 2019. All 5 key questions are rated Good. It held the same rating in the report before (November 2016).

14,357 patients were registered at Cornerways Medical Centre Ltd in September 2026, down 1.9% on a year earlier (England: down 1.1%).

14% of its patients are aged 65 or over, against 19% across England. With 6.1 full-time-equivalent qualified GPs, there are 2,336 patients per GP, close to the England figure of 2,171 and Cheshire and Merseyside's 1,971. The practice also has 3.7 nurses and 3.7 other clinical staff such as pharmacists and physiotherapists (full-time equivalent).

From June 2026 to August 2026 the practice recorded 7,376 appointments a month, or 514 per 1,000 registered patients (England: 510). 57% were face to face (England: 63%). 31% took place on the day they were booked and 1% more than 28 days after booking (England: 45% and 5%).

43% were with a GP rather than another member of the practice team. 8% of booked patients did not attend.

Compared with England, the practice has a higher share of patients on its registers for palliative or supportive care needs (1.3% against 0.6%), COPD (3.8% against 1.9%) and depression (27.8% against 14.3%). It has a lower share for dementia (0.3% against 0.8%), osteoporosis (0.6% against 1.2%) and heart failure (0.8% against 1.1%). The practice's patients live in areas with an average deprivation score of 47.5 (England: 21.8; higher is more deprived).

Life expectancy for its patients' neighbourhoods is 78.2 years for women and 74.2 for men (England: 83.0 and 79.1).

52% of the practice's patients live in the L36 postcode district, followed by L14 (30%), L34 (6%) and L12 (4%). 86% live in Knowsley, the council area the practice is in.

Cornerways Medical Centre Ltd, North Huyton Primary Care Resource Centre, Woolfall Heath Avenue, Huyton, L36 3TN. Phone: 0151 902 0020. Website: www.cornerwaysmedicalcentre.co.uk.