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Beacon Medical vs Core Care Family Practice
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?
Beacon Medical and Core Care Family Practice 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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| Measure | Beacon MedicalDN35 8EB | Core Care Family PracticeDN31 2BH |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 81.0likely range 70.9 to 87.5108 survey answers | 72.8likely range 69.8 to 75.2101 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | No label |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 80.6%likely range 66.2% to 89.8%, 108 answers | 66.9%likely range 63.9% to 69.8%, 101 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 81.9%likely range 78.9% to 84.4% | 86.4%likely range 79.4% to 90.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 95.2%likely range 92.6% to 96.9%, 6,176 appointments | 97.2%likely range 87.7% to 99.4%, 705 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 68.5%likely range 63.2% to 73.3%, 6,804 calls | 75.5%likely range 65.3% to 83.5%, 1,742 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 65.3%likely range 49.7% to 78.2%, 102 answers | 54.4%likely range 51.1% to 57.6%, 96 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 89.2%likely range 75.8% to 95.6%, 102 answers | 78.2%likely range 75.5% to 80.8%, 101 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 25.3%likely range 14.6% to 40.2%, 108 answers | 20.9%likely range 18.4% to 23.6%, 100 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.3%likely range 76.3% to 95.6%, 107 answers | 77.5%likely range 74.7% to 80.2%, 95 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 77.6%likely range 62.9% to 87.6%, 108 answers | 66.0%likely range 62.8% to 69.0%, 97 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 90.8%likely range 77.4% to 96.6%, 97 answers | 74.8%likely range 71.7% to 77.7%, 85 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.4%likely range 73.7% to 94.5%, 103 answers | 82.8%likely range 80.1% to 85.2%, 89 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.1%likely range 74.6% to 94.9%, 104 answers | 78.5%likely range 75.7% to 81.2%, 92 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.4%likely range 84.0% to 98.8%, 103 answers | 88.6%likely range 86.2% to 90.6%, 89 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.1%likely range 80.2% to 97.8%, 96 answers | 89.3%likely range 86.9% to 91.3%, 84 answers |
| Needs met | 91.9%likely range 79.5% to 97.1%, 105 answers | 85.8%likely range 83.3% to 88.0%, 94 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 94.6%likely range 87.9% to 97.7%, 92 patients | 83.8%likely range 68.9% to 92.3%, 37 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 97.9%likely range 92.8% to 99.4%, 97 patients | 86.2%likely range 69.4% to 94.5%, 29 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 88.8%likely range 81.4% to 93.5%, 107 patients | 66.7%likely range 47.8% to 81.4%, 27 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 77.2%likely range 75.2% to 79.2%, 1,713 patients | 69.6%likely range 65.4% to 73.5%, 487 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.7%likely range 75.3% to 80.0%, 1,181 patients | 70.2%likely range 64.1% to 75.7%, 235 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 12,521August 2026 | 2,860August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Apollo PCN | Apollo PCN |
| Phone | 01472 691033 | 01472 255600 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 91.8% good or very good73 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 9,411 in August 2026Same day 54.3%; face to face 42.6% | 1,375 in August 2026Same day 35.8%; face to face 77.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.97England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.64England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.2 qualified permanent5.9 including trainees and locums3,010 patients per permanent GP | 0.6 qualified permanent0.6 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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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.