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Beacon Medical Centre vs The Avenue Medical Centre
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 Centre and The Avenue 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.
Side by side
| Measure | Beacon Medical CentreM9 0FN | The Avenue Medical CentreM9 6BA |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 86.0likely range 82.1 to 88.8104 survey answers | 72.8likely range 58.5 to 82.793 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 87.4%likely range 82.3% to 91.1%, 104 answers | 71.9%likely range 51.6% to 86.0%, 93 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 82.5%likely range 77.3% to 86.4% | 74.7%likely range 70.9% to 78.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 90.9%likely range 84.0% to 95.0%, 1,654 appointments | 80.3%likely range 74.6% to 84.9%, 3,500 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 74.1%likely range 66.1% to 80.7%, 2,818 calls | 69.1%likely range 63.9% to 73.9%, 6,722 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 76.8%likely range 70.7% to 81.9%, 102 answers | 47.6%likely range 29.0% to 67.0%, 91 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 96.5%likely range 93.1% to 98.2%, 104 answers | 79.2%likely range 59.1% to 91.0%, 92 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 33.4%likely range 27.4% to 39.9%, 103 answers | 34.6%likely range 18.7% to 54.8%, 93 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 51.4%likely range 39.2% to 63.5%, 31 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 88.0%likely range 82.9% to 91.8%, 98 answers | 76.3%likely range 55.6% to 89.2%, 89 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 83.9%likely range 78.4% to 88.2%, 103 answers | 72.6%likely range 52.2% to 86.6%, 92 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 77.6%likely range 71.3% to 82.8%, 96 answers | 56.6%likely range 35.8% to 75.3%, 82 answers |
| Being listened to | 91.5%likely range 86.9% to 94.5%, 100 answers | 84.5%likely range 64.6% to 94.2%, 89 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.6%likely range 82.4% to 91.4%, 100 answers | 86.5%likely range 66.9% to 95.3%, 89 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.3%likely range 91.4% to 97.4%, 97 answers | 80.9%likely range 60.2% to 92.2%, 86 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.9%likely range 88.3% to 95.8%, 90 answers | 88.4%likely range 69.0% to 96.3%, 87 answers |
| Needs met | 94.5%likely range 90.6% to 96.9%, 101 answers | 94.7%likely range 77.1% to 99.0%, 88 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 82.5%likely range 70.6% to 90.2%, 57 patients | 88.7%likely range 81.9% to 93.2%, 124 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 69.4%likely range 53.1% to 82.0%, 36 patients | 82.9%likely range 74.5% to 88.9%, 105 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 84.4%likely range 73.6% to 91.3%, 64 patients | 79.5%likely range 71.9% to 85.5%, 132 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 61.9%likely range 58.5% to 65.1%, 818 patients | 68.2%likely range 66.2% to 70.2%, 2,054 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 64.3%likely range 59.0% to 69.2%, 333 patients | 71.5%likely range 68.5% to 74.3%, 934 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 4,359August 2026 | 11,371August 2026 |
| Primary care network | H-Blackley Harpurhey & Charlestown PCN | H-Blackley Harpurhey & Charlestown PCN |
| Phone | 0161 7402106 | 0161 7209441 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.3% good or very good155 answers, June 2026 | 91.2% good or very good330 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,781 in August 2026Same day 32.5%; face to face 54.5% | 4,167 in August 2026Same day 47.8%; face to face 89.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.27England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.15England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.3 qualified permanent1.3 including trainees and locums3,478 patients per permanent GP | 5.5 qualified permanent7.2 including trainees and locums2,055 patients per permanent GP |
| 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.