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Millennium Family Practice vs Central Gateshead 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?
Millennium Family Practice and Central Gateshead 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 | Millennium Family PracticeNE8 1AD | Central Gateshead Medical GroupNE8 1NB |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 82.3likely range 79.3 to 84.6128 survey answers | 79.4likely range 71.2 to 85.3117 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 | 79.0%likely range 75.6% to 82.0%, 128 answers | 77.5%likely range 65.9% to 85.9%, 117 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 89.7%likely range 83.8% to 93.0% | 83.7%likely range 80.0% to 86.5% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 90.7%likely range 81.0% to 95.7%, 960 appointments | 96.6%likely range 92.5% to 98.5%, 2,480 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 88.6%likely range 82.0% to 92.9%, 2,758 callsClearly higher | 70.7%likely range 64.7% to 76.1%, 5,067 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 78.4%likely range 75.0% to 81.5%, 126 answers | 50.2%likely range 38.1% to 62.3%, 112 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 86.0%likely range 83.0% to 88.5%, 125 answers | 86.1%likely range 75.4% to 92.6%, 113 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 44.2%likely range 40.4% to 48.1%, 127 answers | 34.2%likely range 23.9% to 46.3%, 119 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 80.6%likely range 75.3% to 84.9%, 54 answers | 37.5%likely range 21.3% to 57.1%, 46 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 83.3%likely range 80.0% to 86.1%, 120 answers | 80.2%likely range 68.2% to 88.5%, 105 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 78.9%likely range 75.5% to 82.0%, 123 answers | 69.8%likely range 57.6% to 79.7%, 115 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 67.0%likely range 63.0% to 70.8%, 114 answers | 79.6%likely range 67.2% to 88.2%, 100 answers |
| Being listened to | 87.7%likely range 84.9% to 90.1%, 126 answers | 89.2%likely range 78.9% to 94.8%, 111 answers |
| Care and concern | 85.9%likely range 83.0% to 88.4%, 126 answers | 90.8%likely range 81.0% to 95.8%, 113 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 86.4%likely range 83.4% to 88.8%, 126 answers | 95.6%likely range 87.3% to 98.6%, 112 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 88.3%likely range 85.4% to 90.6%, 122 answers | 95.2%likely range 86.6% to 98.4%, 109 answers |
| Needs met | 85.8%likely range 82.8% to 88.3%, 126 answers | 89.5%likely range 79.2% to 95.0%, 109 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 87.0%likely range 67.9% to 95.5%, 23 patients | 86.4%likely range 77.7% to 92.0%, 88 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 92.0%likely range 75.0% to 97.8%, 25 patients | 86.6%likely range 77.6% to 92.3%, 82 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 83.9%likely range 67.4% to 92.9%, 31 patients | 84.4%likely range 74.7% to 90.9%, 77 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 67.7%likely range 63.8% to 71.4%, 582 patients | 60.7%likely range 58.4% to 63.0%, 1,770 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.2%likely range 69.0% to 78.9%, 295 patients | 65.1%likely range 62.0% to 68.2%, 909 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 3,585August 2026 | 10,047August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Gateshead Central South PCN | Gateshead Central South PCN |
| Phone | 0191 4783678 | 0191 4772243 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.7% good or very good19 answers, June 2026 | 96.7% good or very good30 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 1,123 in August 2026Same day 25.5%; face to face 92.3% | 4,213 in August 2026Same day 50.8%; face to face 63.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.17England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.70England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.2 qualified permanent1.2 including trainees and locums2,988 patients per permanent GP | 6.1 qualified permanent8.5 including trainees and locums1,637 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.