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Beacon Medical Practice vs Hawthorn Medical 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 Practice and Hawthorn Medical 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.
Side by side
| Measure | Beacon Medical PracticePE25 2RN | Hawthorn Medical PracticePE25 3TD |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 59.3likely range 43.6 to 73.1118 survey answers | 73.6likely range 55.9 to 85.0107 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 | 57.9%likely range 35.5% to 77.5%, 118 answers | 72.5%likely range 47.3% to 88.6%, 107 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 62.4%likely range 57.8% to 66.7% | 76.1%likely range 71.1% to 80.0%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 71.9%likely range 67.3% to 76.2%, 5,933 appointments | 85.6%likely range 80.6% to 89.5%, 3,693 appointmentsClearly higher |
| 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 | 28.4%likely range 12.7% to 52.0%, 116 answers | 41.3%likely range 20.5% to 65.6%, 104 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 84.3%likely range 61.1% to 94.8%, 114 answers | 79.6%likely range 54.0% to 92.8%, 104 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 20.2%likely range 7.7% to 43.3%, 119 answers | 30.2%likely range 12.9% to 55.6%, 104 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 35.3%likely range 9.8% to 73.1%, 39 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 75.5%likely range 51.0% to 90.2%, 107 answers | 75.5%likely range 49.5% to 90.6%, 101 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 64.7%likely range 41.2% to 82.8%, 113 answers | 65.7%likely range 40.5% to 84.3%, 104 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 63.1%likely range 38.4% to 82.5%, 100 answers | 73.9%likely range 46.7% to 90.2%, 92 answers |
| Being listened to | 76.3%likely range 52.3% to 90.4%, 112 answers | 85.9%likely range 60.6% to 96.0%, 102 answers |
| Care and concern | 80.0%likely range 56.3% to 92.5%, 113 answers | 78.9%likely range 52.7% to 92.7%, 99 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 81.3%likely range 57.1% to 93.4%, 108 answers | 90.1%likely range 65.1% to 97.8%, 99 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 79.6%likely range 54.7% to 92.6%, 104 answers | 94.5%likely range 69.5% to 99.2%, 93 answers |
| Needs met | 79.1%likely range 55.1% to 92.1%, 111 answers | 87.2%likely range 61.9% to 96.6%, 101 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 86.5%likely range 80.2% to 91.0%, 155 patients | 89.1%likely range 82.2% to 93.5%, 119 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 79.6%likely range 72.6% to 85.2%, 157 patients | 82.7%likely range 74.6% to 88.7%, 110 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 76.8%likely range 70.4% to 82.2%, 194 patients | 88.4%likely range 81.1% to 93.1%, 112 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 58.4%likely range 56.5% to 60.3%, 2,667 patients | 59.1%likely range 57.0% to 61.3%, 2,009 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 69.8%likely range 67.9% to 71.7%, 2,224 patients | 64.4%likely range 62.1% to 66.7%, 1,635 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 22,205August 2026 | 16,654August 2026 |
| Primary care network | First Coastal PCN | First Coastal PCN |
| Phone | 01754 897000 | 01754 896350 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 70.9% good or very good55 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 8,312 in August 2026Same day 41.2%; face to face 78.2% | 3,980 in August 2026Same day 67.9%; face to face 65.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.11England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.19England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 8.7 qualified permanent12.7 including trainees and locums2,562 patients per permanent GP | 7.0 qualified permanent7.0 including trainees and locums2,379 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Requires improvement |
“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.