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Beaches Medical Centre vs The Millwood Partnership
Two GP practices in the same primary care network, a short way apart. Side by side, with the margin of error on every figure.
Can the survey tell them apart?
Beaches Medical Centre and The Millwood Partnership 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.
Side by side
| Measure | Beaches Medical CentreNR31 6QB | The Millwood PartnershipNR31 8HS |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 63.1likely range 44.1 to 78.0113 survey answers | 68.7likely range 49.1 to 82.496 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 | 62.1%likely range 35.0% to 83.3%, 113 answers | 67.1%likely range 39.2% to 86.6%, 96 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 65.4%likely range 60.4% to 69.8% | 72.3%likely range 66.9% to 76.7% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 74.9%likely range 69.9% to 79.3%, 4,911 appointments | 81.8%likely range 76.4% to 86.2%, 3,636 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 | 42.9%likely range 19.5% to 70.0%, 105 answers | 25.5%likely range 8.6% to 55.6%, 86 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 78.8%likely range 49.2% to 93.4%, 105 answers | 82.0%likely range 53.3% to 94.8%, 95 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 15.7%likely range 4.2% to 44.3%, 111 answers | 29.7%likely range 11.4% to 58.0%, 95 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 73.4%likely range 44.4% to 90.5%, 108 answers | 83.8%likely range 54.2% to 95.8%, 89 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 64.4%likely range 36.7% to 84.9%, 111 answers | 66.9%likely range 38.8% to 86.6%, 94 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 61.8%likely range 33.5% to 83.8%, 102 answers | 73.3%likely range 43.0% to 90.9%, 84 answers |
| Being listened to | 81.7%likely range 52.5% to 94.8%, 107 answers | 80.4%likely range 51.4% to 94.1%, 93 answers |
| Care and concern | 85.0%likely range 55.8% to 96.2%, 106 answers | 80.6%likely range 51.6% to 94.2%, 93 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 78.6%likely range 49.3% to 93.3%, 107 answers | 93.6%likely range 66.2% to 99.1%, 94 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 86.5%likely range 57.2% to 96.9%, 104 answers | 82.3%likely range 53.3% to 95.0%, 93 answers |
| Needs met | 78.8%likely range 49.5% to 93.3%, 107 answers | 85.7%likely range 56.8% to 96.5%, 92 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.1%likely range 84.7% to 93.7%, 172 patients | 92.7%likely range 86.8% to 96.1%, 124 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 88.8%likely range 83.7% to 92.4%, 205 patients | 90.5%likely range 84.7% to 94.3%, 148 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 88.9%likely range 84.1% to 92.4%, 225 patients | 95.8%likely range 92.0% to 97.9%, 192 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 68.1%likely range 66.5% to 69.6%, 3,674 patients | 77.6%likely range 76.0% to 79.1%, 2,727 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.3%likely range 69.4% to 73.2%, 2,195 patients | 78.4%likely range 76.5% to 80.2%, 1,857 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 24,715August 2026 | 19,432August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Gorleston PCN | Gorleston PCN |
| Phone | 01493 414141 | 01493 661549 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 96.4% good or very good526 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 9,018 in August 2026Same day 36.4%; face to face 85.2% | 9,866 in August 2026Same day 37.2%; face to face 87.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.91England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.1 qualified permanent8.1 including trainees and locums4,810 patients per permanent GP | 9.0 qualified permanent11.1 including trainees and locums2,164 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | 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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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.