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Bridge End Surgery vs Middle Chare Medical Group
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?
Bridge End Surgery and Middle Chare Medical Group 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 | Bridge End SurgeryDH3 3SL | Middle Chare Medical GroupDH3 3QD |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 78.4likely range 69.8 to 84.6100 survey answers | 78.8likely range 68.8 to 85.593 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 | 77.9%likely range 65.8% to 86.6%, 100 answers | 79.2%likely range 65.1% to 88.5%, 93 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 79.4%likely range 75.0% to 83.0% | 77.8%likely range 71.7% to 82.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 81.7%likely range 75.3% to 86.8%, 2,630 appointments | 87.3%likely range 81.2% to 91.7%, 2,395 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 77.0%likely range 71.1% to 82.0%, 4,763 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 34.6%likely range 23.6% to 47.5%, 98 answers | 34.7%likely range 22.3% to 49.5%, 92 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 79.0%likely range 67.0% to 87.5%, 100 answers | 91.6%likely range 79.5% to 96.8%, 91 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 43.9%likely range 31.9% to 56.5%, 100 answers | 23.5%likely range 13.5% to 37.8%, 93 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 40.5%likely range 21.1% to 63.3%, 31 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 83.5%likely range 71.9% to 90.9%, 98 answers | 78.3%likely range 63.9% to 88.0%, 90 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 69.4%likely range 56.8% to 79.7%, 100 answers | 75.0%likely range 60.6% to 85.4%, 93 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 85.2%likely range 73.2% to 92.3%, 90 answers | 61.6%likely range 46.1% to 75.0%, 84 answers |
| Being listened to | 89.4%likely range 78.9% to 95.0%, 99 answers | 91.9%likely range 79.9% to 97.0%, 91 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.7%likely range 77.9% to 94.6%, 97 answers | 91.2%likely range 79.2% to 96.6%, 92 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 93.6%likely range 84.3% to 97.6%, 99 answers | 97.0%likely range 86.9% to 99.4%, 90 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.2%likely range 85.9% to 98.5%, 92 answers | 98.9%likely range 89.5% to 99.9%, 87 answers |
| Needs met | 90.4%likely range 80.0% to 95.6%, 98 answers | 95.1%likely range 84.3% to 98.6%, 91 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.5%likely range 84.9% to 98.7%, 44 patients | 92.5%likely range 83.7% to 96.8%, 67 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 97.4%likely range 86.5% to 99.5%, 38 patients | 88.3%likely range 77.8% to 94.2%, 60 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 98.2%likely range 90.4% to 99.7%, 55 patients | 89.2%likely range 80.1% to 94.4%, 74 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 74.9%likely range 72.2% to 77.5%, 994 patients | 70.3%likely range 67.8% to 72.7%, 1,342 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 80.0%likely range 77.0% to 82.6%, 779 patients | 73.0%likely range 70.0% to 75.7%, 947 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,465August 2026 | 9,178August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Chester le Street PCN | Chester le Street PCN |
| Phone | 0191 3883236 | 0191 5947654 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.8% good or very good81 answers, June 2026 | 93.0% good or very good157 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,165 in August 2026Same day 47.2%; face to face 61.2% | 4,073 in August 2026Same day 49.7%; face to face 70.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.00England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.6 qualified permanent8.4 including trainees and locums1,329 patients per permanent GP | 3.2 qualified permanent3.2 including trainees and locums2,895 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.