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Denton Park Medical Group vs Parkway 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?
Denton Park Medical Group and Parkway 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 | Denton Park Medical GroupNE5 2QW | Parkway Medical GroupNE5 1LJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 78.4likely range 75.0 to 81.5158 survey answers | 73.1likely range 66.9 to 78.4127 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 | 78.9%likely range 74.3% to 83.0%, 158 answers | 69.3%likely range 60.6% to 76.8%, 127 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 77.1%likely range 73.0% to 80.5% | 81.7%likely range 78.2% to 84.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 78.1%likely range 71.8% to 83.2%, 3,077 appointments | 91.1%likely range 87.2% to 93.9%, 4,348 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 76.0%likely range 70.7% to 80.6%, 5,958 calls | 72.1%likely range 66.4% to 77.2%, 5,454 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 56.8%likely range 51.3% to 62.1%, 153 answers | 47.9%likely range 39.0% to 56.9%, 122 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 87.7%likely range 83.7% to 90.8%, 156 answers | 84.5%likely range 76.9% to 89.9%, 125 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 34.9%likely range 30.0% to 40.2%, 157 answers | 26.6%likely range 19.6% to 35.1%, 128 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 34.7%likely range 26.5% to 44.0%, 54 answers | 15.2%likely range 6.6% to 31.4%, 35 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 86.6%likely range 82.4% to 89.9%, 153 answers | 79.5%likely range 71.2% to 85.9%, 120 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 74.9%likely range 70.0% to 79.3%, 157 answers | 67.3%likely range 58.5% to 75.0%, 126 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 63.8%likely range 58.2% to 69.1%, 139 answers | 78.8%likely range 70.2% to 85.4%, 115 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.6%likely range 81.4% to 89.0%, 154 answers | 83.4%likely range 75.5% to 89.1%, 121 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.1%likely range 78.6% to 86.8%, 152 answers | 83.4%likely range 75.6% to 89.1%, 121 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.8%likely range 89.5% to 95.2%, 153 answers | 93.3%likely range 87.2% to 96.6%, 120 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.5%likely range 93.9% to 98.0%, 149 answers | 87.3%likely range 79.7% to 92.3%, 113 answers |
| Needs met | 95.0%likely range 92.0% to 96.9%, 153 answers | 88.0%likely range 80.8% to 92.8%, 119 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.9%likely range 81.6% to 95.8%, 66 patients | 96.3%likely range 89.7% to 98.7%, 81 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 90.5%likely range 80.7% to 95.6%, 63 patients | 96.4%likely range 90.0% to 98.8%, 84 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.6%likely range 77.6% to 92.3%, 82 patients | 93.7%likely range 84.8% to 97.5%, 63 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.0%likely range 72.5% to 77.3%, 1,215 patients | 79.7%likely range 77.4% to 81.7%, 1,328 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.0%likely range 70.4% to 77.3%, 631 patients | 80.1%likely range 77.1% to 82.8%, 754 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,558August 2026 | 8,495August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Newcastle Outer West PCN | Newcastle Outer West PCN |
| Phone | 0191 2295800 | 0191 2671773 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 100.0% good or very good8 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,629 in August 2026Same day 49.1%; face to face 61.6% | 5,254 in August 2026Same day 66.9%; face to face 48.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.06England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.04England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.6 qualified permanent3.6 including trainees and locums2,107 patients per permanent GP | 4.6 qualified permanent6.3 including trainees and locums1,839 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.