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Guidepost Medical Group vs Seaton Park 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?
Guidepost Medical Group and Seaton Park 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 | Guidepost Medical GroupNE62 5RA | Seaton Park Medical GroupNE63 0NG |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 79.0likely range 71.8 to 84.5106 survey answers | 78.1likely range 58.9 to 88.3104 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 | 76.4%likely range 66.4% to 84.2%, 106 answers | 77.8%likely range 50.5% to 92.4%, 104 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 84.8%likely range 80.0% to 88.3% | 78.5%likely range 75.5% to 81.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 86.9%likely range 79.4% to 91.9%, 1,737 appointments | 84.6%likely range 80.4% to 88.0%, 5,258 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 82.7%likely range 76.7% to 87.4%, 3,960 callsClearly higher | 72.3%likely range 68.0% to 76.2%, 9,514 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 49.2%likely range 38.4% to 60.0%, 98 answers | 45.6%likely range 21.9% to 71.5%, 95 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 75.3%likely range 65.2% to 83.1%, 107 answers | 91.9%likely range 65.6% to 98.5%, 102 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 28.5%likely range 19.9% to 38.9%, 104 answers | 9.4%likely range 1.9% to 35.5%, 105 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 81.8%likely range 72.1% to 88.6%, 103 answers | 92.2%likely range 66.0% to 98.6%, 102 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 71.1%likely range 60.7% to 79.7%, 105 answers | 72.5%likely range 45.1% to 89.4%, 103 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 65.0%likely range 53.9% to 74.7%, 96 answers | 73.1%likely range 44.4% to 90.2%, 94 answers |
| Being listened to | 82.9%likely range 73.4% to 89.5%, 103 answers | 92.5%likely range 66.2% to 98.7%, 101 answers |
| Care and concern | 82.4%likely range 72.8% to 89.1%, 103 answers | 89.2%likely range 62.2% to 97.7%, 100 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 86.2%likely range 77.1% to 92.1%, 101 answers | 98.4%likely range 73.8% to 99.9%, 100 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 87.7%likely range 78.9% to 93.2%, 101 answers | 95.4%likely range 69.0% to 99.5%, 96 answers |
| Needs met | 83.0%likely range 73.6% to 89.5%, 104 answers | 94.6%likely range 68.5% to 99.3%, 99 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 98.2%likely range 90.7% to 99.7%, 57 patients | 95.6%likely range 91.1% to 97.8%, 158 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 93.8%likely range 85.0% to 97.5%, 64 patients | 95.5%likely range 91.0% to 97.8%, 155 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 94.9%likely range 87.7% to 98.0%, 79 patients | 90.0%likely range 84.7% to 93.6%, 180 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 70.0%likely range 67.2% to 72.6%, 1,110 patients | 68.4%likely range 66.7% to 70.1%, 2,993 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 73.6%likely range 70.4% to 76.5%, 810 patients | 70.7%likely range 68.6% to 72.7%, 1,882 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,068August 2026 | 20,232August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Wansbeck PCN | Wansbeck PCN |
| Phone | 01670 822071 | 01670 811811 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 95.6% good or very good181 answers, June 2026 | 91.4% good or very good677 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,529 in August 2026Same day 30.1%; face to face 74.0% | 8,940 in August 2026Same day 34.6%; face to face 83.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.03England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.91England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.2 qualified permanent5.0 including trainees and locums1,933 patients per permanent GP | 9.6 qualified permanent12.9 including trainees and locums2,108 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Requires improvement | 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.