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Park Medical Group vs Regent 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?
Park Medical Group and Regent 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 | Park Medical GroupNE3 2PE | Regent Medical CentreNE3 1DQ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 77.0likely range 67.1 to 83.9115 survey answers | 79.1likely range 72.8 to 84.0111 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 | 77.4%likely range 63.4% to 87.1%, 115 answers | 77.9%likely range 69.1% to 84.7%, 111 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 75.9%likely range 72.4% to 79.0% | 81.8%likely range 77.0% to 85.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 83.6%likely range 79.0% to 87.4%, 4,572 appointments | 90.9%likely range 85.5% to 94.4%, 2,489 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 68.1%likely range 62.8% to 72.9%, 6,755 calls | 72.5%likely range 64.7% to 79.2%, 2,989 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 52.9%likely range 38.5% to 66.8%, 111 answers | 61.5%likely range 51.9% to 70.3%, 109 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 76.2%likely range 61.9% to 86.3%, 112 answers | 83.1%likely range 74.9% to 89.1%, 111 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 31.1%likely range 19.5% to 45.7%, 114 answers | 35.7%likely range 27.3% to 45.2%, 111 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 38.2%likely range 24.2% to 54.5%, 39 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 79.9%likely range 65.7% to 89.1%, 110 answers | 87.3%likely range 79.4% to 92.4%, 106 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 69.5%likely range 55.0% to 81.0%, 114 answers | 75.9%likely range 67.0% to 83.0%, 111 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 54.0%likely range 38.9% to 68.3%, 103 answers | 56.7%likely range 46.8% to 66.0%, 103 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.5%likely range 72.5% to 93.0%, 115 answers | 92.8%likely range 86.1% to 96.4%, 108 answers |
| Care and concern | 84.6%likely range 71.4% to 92.3%, 114 answers | 94.4%likely range 88.1% to 97.4%, 107 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.1%likely range 84.5% to 98.6%, 114 answers | 96.4%likely range 90.7% to 98.6%, 107 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.0%likely range 83.9% to 98.6%, 107 answers | 99.1%likely range 94.5% to 99.8%, 102 answers |
| Needs met | 95.2%likely range 84.7% to 98.6%, 114 answers | 95.4%likely range 89.5% to 98.1%, 107 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.7%likely range 84.4% to 94.6%, 129 patients | 94.4%likely range 86.6% to 97.8%, 72 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 87.4%likely range 80.5% to 92.1%, 127 patients | 94.3%likely range 87.4% to 97.5%, 88 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 85.9%likely range 79.2% to 90.7%, 142 patients | 79.1%likely range 69.7% to 86.2%, 91 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 67.8%likely range 65.8% to 69.7%, 2,243 patients | 64.0%likely range 61.6% to 66.4%, 1,548 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 75.3%likely range 72.7% to 77.8%, 1,127 patients | 75.3%likely range 71.5% to 78.7%, 542 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 12,960August 2026 | 8,173August 2026 |
| Primary care network | North Gosforth PCN | North Gosforth PCN |
| Phone | 0191 2851763 | 0191 2236555 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 69.2% good or very good13 answers, June 2026 | 88.9% good or very good9 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,311 in August 2026Same day 50.6%; face to face 88.7% | 4,063 in August 2026Same day 63.5%; face to face 40.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.2 qualified permanent7.3 including trainees and locums2,505 patients per permanent GP | 2.6 qualified permanent2.6 including trainees and locums3,141 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.