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Fell Cottage Surgery vs Beacon View 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?
Fell Cottage Surgery and Beacon View 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 | Fell Cottage SurgeryNE9 5XY | Beacon View Medical CentreNE9 6YS |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 84.4likely range 79.6 to 87.1117 survey answers | 87.9likely range 84.7 to 90.1119 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 92.6%likely range 86.0% to 96.2%, 117 answers | 91.0%likely range 86.9% to 93.9%, 119 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 65.0%likely range 60.9% to 68.6% | 80.4%likely range 75.7% to 83.8%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 79.2%likely range 72.7% to 84.5%, 2,745 appointments | 95.4%likely range 89.1% to 98.1%, 1,453 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 50.7%likely range 45.6% to 55.7%, 7,863 calls | 65.2%likely range 58.3% to 71.6%, 4,084 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 82.8%likely range 74.4% to 88.9%, 114 answers | 80.0%likely range 74.7% to 84.4%, 117 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 97.1%likely range 91.9% to 99.0%, 116 answers | 88.7%likely range 84.2% to 92.0%, 117 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 37.1%likely range 28.6% to 46.6%, 118 answers | 39.8%likely range 34.0% to 45.9%, 117 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 67.5%likely range 49.7% to 81.3%, 35 answers | 36.5%likely range 27.3% to 46.7%, 43 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.2%likely range 81.9% to 93.8%, 115 answers | 88.6%likely range 84.0% to 92.0%, 112 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 90.5%likely range 83.4% to 94.7%, 116 answers | 85.4%likely range 80.6% to 89.2%, 116 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 75.0%likely range 65.7% to 82.5%, 109 answers | 94.3%likely range 90.6% to 96.5%, 111 answers |
| Being listened to | 98.2%likely range 93.5% to 99.5%, 115 answers | 92.7%likely range 88.9% to 95.3%, 116 answers |
| Care and concern | 97.1%likely range 91.8% to 99.0%, 115 answers | 90.7%likely range 86.5% to 93.6%, 116 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 98.3%likely range 93.6% to 99.5%, 115 answers | 93.7%likely range 90.0% to 96.1%, 117 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 98.2%likely range 93.3% to 99.5%, 110 answers | 90.1%likely range 85.7% to 93.2%, 113 answers |
| Needs met | 98.3%likely range 93.6% to 99.5%, 115 answers | 89.4%likely range 85.0% to 92.6%, 116 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.7%likely range 88.0% to 98.5%, 69 patients | 94.9%likely range 86.1% to 98.3%, 59 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 98.4%likely range 91.5% to 99.7%, 63 patients | 95.2%likely range 86.9% to 98.4%, 63 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 94.8%likely range 87.4% to 98.0%, 77 patients | 92.3%likely range 81.8% to 97.0%, 52 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.1%likely range 70.8% to 75.3%, 1,465 patients | 75.7%likely range 73.0% to 78.3%, 1,009 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.6%likely range 71.6% to 77.4%, 859 patients | 78.9%likely range 75.1% to 82.3%, 494 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,864August 2026 | 5,882August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Gateshead Central South PCN | Gateshead Central South PCN |
| Phone | 0191 4872656 | 0191 4824000 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 98.8% good or very good254 answers, June 2026 | 85.7% good or very good7 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,234 in August 2026Same day 38.9%; face to face 87.5% | 1,841 in August 2026Same day 60.8%; face to face 59.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.85England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.1 qualified permanent8.0 including trainees and locums2,145 patients per permanent GP | 3.6 qualified permanent6.6 including trainees and locums1,634 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.