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Coxhoe Medical Practice vs Bowburn 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?
Coxhoe Medical Practice and Bowburn 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 | Coxhoe Medical PracticeDH6 4DH | Bowburn Medical CentreDH6 5AL |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 81.6likely range 74.8 to 86.599 survey answers | 76.7likely range 70.8 to 80.8112 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 | 80.2%likely range 70.8% to 87.1%, 99 answers | 79.2%likely range 74.9% to 82.9%, 112 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 84.7%likely range 79.2% to 87.6% | 70.8%likely range 53.6% to 81.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 94.2%likely range 88.7% to 97.1%, 1,945 appointments | 80.3%likely range 63.1% to 90.7%, 462 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 | 66.5%likely range 55.8% to 75.7%, 93 answers | 64.0%likely range 59.0% to 68.7%, 107 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 91.7%likely range 83.9% to 95.9%, 95 answers | 90.8%likely range 87.6% to 93.3%, 110 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 20.2%likely range 13.2% to 29.7%, 99 answers | 28.0%likely range 23.8% to 32.7%, 110 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 90.3%likely range 82.1% to 94.9%, 93 answers | 86.5%likely range 82.7% to 89.6%, 105 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 77.3%likely range 67.4% to 84.8%, 96 answers | 73.3%likely range 68.6% to 77.5%, 108 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 79.7%likely range 69.7% to 87.0%, 90 answers | 77.8%likely range 73.1% to 81.8%, 98 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.6%likely range 77.9% to 92.3%, 96 answers | 91.5%likely range 88.3% to 93.9%, 110 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.1%likely range 77.3% to 91.9%, 96 answers | 90.1%likely range 86.7% to 92.7%, 110 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 91.9%likely range 84.2% to 96.0%, 96 answers | 96.9%likely range 94.7% to 98.3%, 109 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.3%likely range 87.2% to 97.6%, 93 answers | 96.0%likely range 93.4% to 97.6%, 100 answers |
| Needs met | 88.8%likely range 80.4% to 93.9%, 95 answers | 96.9%likely range 94.6% to 98.2%, 109 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 96.6%likely range 90.5% to 98.8%, 88 patients | 94.9%likely range 86.1% to 98.3%, 59 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 96.1%likely range 89.2% to 98.7%, 77 patients | 94.8%likely range 85.9% to 98.2%, 58 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 97.2%likely range 90.4% to 99.2%, 72 patients | 86.7%likely range 75.8% to 93.1%, 60 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 74.3%likely range 71.9% to 76.6%, 1,337 patients | 74.4%likely range 71.4% to 77.3%, 849 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 79.4%likely range 76.3% to 82.1%, 732 patients | 75.4%likely range 70.5% to 79.6%, 341 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,642August 2026 | 4,519August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Durham East PCN | Durham East PCN |
| Phone | 0191 3770215 | 0191 3772495 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.0% good or very good151 answers, June 2026 | 91.7% good or very good132 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,094 in August 2026Same day 44.9%; face to face 57.4% | 2,399 in August 2026Same day 43.7%; face to face 55.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.21England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.90England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.7 qualified permanent4.7 including trainees and locums1,613 patients per permanent GP | 0.8 qualified permanent0.8 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.