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Queens Park Medical Centre vs Alma 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?
Queens Park Medical Centre and Alma 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 | Queens Park Medical CentreTS18 2AW | Alma Medical CentreTS18 2BP |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.7likely range 66.5 to 87.3127 survey answers | 79.9likely range 70.6 to 86.8113 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 | 85.7%likely range 65.4% to 95.0%, 127 answers | 75.9%likely range 62.6% to 85.6%, 113 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 68.9%likely range 66.3% to 71.0% | 89.2%likely range 86.1% to 91.5%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 93.3%likely range 89.5% to 95.7%, 3,938 appointments | 93.7%likely range 89.7% to 96.2%, 3,382 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 44.4%likely range 41.0% to 47.9%, 16,713 calls | 84.6%likely range 79.9% to 88.4%, 5,809 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 47.7%likely range 28.4% to 67.7%, 127 answers | 26.6%likely range 16.2% to 40.3%, 109 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 85.8%likely range 65.4% to 95.1%, 127 answers | 80.9%likely range 68.1% to 89.4%, 113 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 54.1%likely range 33.9% to 73.1%, 127 answers | 37.7%likely range 25.7% to 51.5%, 112 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 42.7%likely range 18.2% to 71.4%, 59 answers | 41.1%likely range 21.6% to 63.7%, 40 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 94.4%likely range 75.5% to 98.9%, 121 answers | 85.1%likely range 71.8% to 92.8%, 98 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 76.4%likely range 55.1% to 89.5%, 127 answers | 57.9%likely range 44.2% to 70.4%, 113 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 68.5%likely range 46.2% to 84.7%, 116 answers | 75.7%likely range 61.1% to 86.0%, 96 answers |
| Being listened to | 85.5%likely range 65.0% to 95.0%, 125 answers | 84.3%likely range 71.8% to 91.9%, 111 answers |
| Care and concern | 86.4%likely range 66.0% to 95.4%, 126 answers | 81.5%likely range 68.6% to 89.9%, 111 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 92.5%likely range 73.3% to 98.2%, 123 answers | 92.4%likely range 81.5% to 97.1%, 109 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.1%likely range 67.9% to 96.9%, 113 answers | 92.9%likely range 81.5% to 97.5%, 100 answers |
| Needs met | 89.2%likely range 69.4% to 96.8%, 126 answers | 91.8%likely range 80.9% to 96.7%, 112 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.9%likely range 85.5% to 94.4%, 164 patients | 88.7%likely range 80.8% to 93.5%, 97 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 92.9%likely range 88.0% to 95.9%, 169 patients | 90.4%likely range 82.8% to 94.9%, 94 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 91.8%likely range 86.7% to 95.0%, 170 patients | 89.4%likely range 82.4% to 93.8%, 113 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.9%likely range 72.2% to 75.5%, 2,785 patients | 73.2%likely range 71.0% to 75.2%, 1,654 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.4%likely range 72.3% to 76.4%, 1,707 patients | 74.9%likely range 71.7% to 77.8%, 760 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 18,443August 2026 | 10,124August 2026 |
| Primary care network | North Stockton PCN | North Stockton PCN |
| Phone | 01642 618170 | 01642 607248 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.3% good or very good671 answers, June 2026 | 91.6% good or very good286 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 7,853 in August 2026Same day 35.6%; face to face 73.4% | 4,778 in August 2026Same day 50.2%; face to face 81.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.95England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.90England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.3 qualified permanent9.5 including trainees and locums2,946 patients per permanent GP | 5.5 qualified permanent7.6 including trainees and locums1,852 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.