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Kepier Medical Practice vs Houghton 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?
Kepier Medical Practice and Houghton 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 | Kepier Medical PracticeDH4 5EQ | Houghton Medical Group,DH4 4DN |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 85.5likely range 77.3 to 90.499 survey answers | 87.4likely range 80.8 to 91.2105 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 85.6%likely range 74.0% to 92.5%, 99 answers | 89.3%likely range 80.0% to 94.6%, 105 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 85.2%likely range 81.5% to 87.8% | 82.7%likely range 79.4% to 85.4% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 95.5%likely range 90.4% to 98.0%, 1,923 appointments | 96.5%likely range 93.0% to 98.3%, 3,090 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 74.7%likely range 69.4% to 79.4%, 5,984 calls | 68.7%likely range 63.2% to 73.8%, 6,006 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 76.0%likely range 63.4% to 85.2%, 101 answers | 71.6%likely range 60.1% to 80.8%, 104 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 92.1%likely range 82.0% to 96.7%, 101 answers | 91.5%likely range 82.6% to 96.0%, 104 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 27.8%likely range 17.8% to 40.6%, 101 answers | 39.4%likely range 28.7% to 51.1%, 103 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 43.8%likely range 23.1% to 67.0%, 30 answers | 40.6%likely range 23.7% to 60.1%, 38 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 83.7%likely range 71.8% to 91.2%, 98 answers | 83.9%likely range 73.6% to 90.7%, 104 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 77.4%likely range 64.8% to 86.4%, 99 answers | 87.6%likely range 77.9% to 93.4%, 104 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 81.2%likely range 68.4% to 89.6%, 91 answers | 85.5%likely range 74.9% to 92.1%, 96 answers |
| Being listened to | 94.6%likely range 85.1% to 98.2%, 97 answers | 93.4%likely range 85.0% to 97.3%, 103 answers |
| Care and concern | 93.5%likely range 83.7% to 97.6%, 98 answers | 91.9%likely range 83.0% to 96.4%, 102 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.0%likely range 88.5% to 99.3%, 98 answers | 95.2%likely range 87.4% to 98.3%, 103 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.2%likely range 87.0% to 99.0%, 92 answers | 94.1%likely range 85.7% to 97.7%, 99 answers |
| Needs met | 96.9%likely range 88.4% to 99.2%, 97 answers | 94.1%likely range 85.9% to 97.7%, 103 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.2%likely range 88.4% to 98.1%, 84 patients | 93.4%likely range 86.4% to 96.9%, 91 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 97.4%likely range 91.1% to 99.3%, 78 patients | 97.4%likely range 91.1% to 99.3%, 78 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 95.7%likely range 88.1% to 98.5%, 70 patients | 90.5%likely range 83.4% to 94.7%, 105 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 74.4%likely range 72.0% to 76.6%, 1,343 patients | 79.0%likely range 76.7% to 81.1%, 1,342 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.7%likely range 74.7% to 80.5%, 781 patients | 78.9%likely range 75.7% to 81.7%, 724 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 8,515August 2026 | 8,353August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Coalfields PCN | Coalfields PCN |
| Phone | 0191 5842106 | 0191 5842154 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 95.8% good or very good213 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,916 in August 2026Same day 56.8%; face to face 69.4% | 4,559 in August 2026Same day 55.7%; face to face 51.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.20England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.86England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.1 qualified permanent6.2 including trainees and locums2,071 patients per permanent GP | 4.9 qualified permanent4.9 including trainees and locums1,714 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.