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Railway Medical Group vs Marine 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?
Railway Medical Group and Marine 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 | Railway Medical GroupNE24 1HD | Marine Medical GroupNE24 1DX |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 74.0likely range 47.4 to 89.1104 survey answers | 83.7likely range 73.3 to 89.8117 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 | 70.9%likely range 32.9% to 92.4%, 104 answers | 83.0%likely range 68.2% to 91.7%, 117 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 81.1%likely range 79.2% to 82.7% | 85.1%likely range 81.7% to 87.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 92.7%likely range 90.3% to 94.6%, 8,535 appointments | 96.0%likely range 90.4% to 98.4%, 1,630 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 69.3%likely range 66.5% to 72.0%, 22,144 calls | 74.0%likely range 70.2% to 77.5%, 11,384 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 45.0%likely range 15.3% to 78.7%, 101 answers | 73.1%likely range 57.4% to 84.6%, 117 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 74.6%likely range 35.6% to 94.0%, 103 answers | 79.6%likely range 64.4% to 89.4%, 117 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 24.0%likely range 5.5% to 63.1%, 104 answers | 37.6%likely range 24.2% to 53.3%, 119 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 32.9%likely range 14.2% to 59.1%, 43 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 67.4%likely range 29.5% to 91.1%, 99 answers | 76.0%likely range 60.5% to 86.8%, 117 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 59.5%likely range 24.5% to 86.9%, 103 answers | 76.3%likely range 60.9% to 87.0%, 118 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 72.3%likely range 32.0% to 93.5%, 92 answers | 84.6%likely range 69.1% to 93.1%, 106 answers |
| Being listened to | 81.5%likely range 41.3% to 96.5%, 102 answers | 94.3%likely range 81.9% to 98.4%, 113 answers |
| Care and concern | 83.7%likely range 43.2% to 97.2%, 102 answers | 93.5%likely range 80.9% to 98.0%, 115 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 89.4%likely range 48.5% to 98.7%, 102 answers | 97.7%likely range 86.7% to 99.6%, 113 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 91.4%likely range 49.7% to 99.1%, 98 answers | 94.0%likely range 80.9% to 98.3%, 106 answers |
| Needs met | 86.4%likely range 45.7% to 98.0%, 102 answers | 92.7%likely range 79.7% to 97.6%, 113 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 90.4%likely range 86.2% to 93.5%, 251 patients | 93.2%likely range 87.6% to 96.4%, 133 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 95.7%likely range 92.4% to 97.6%, 255 patients | 96.5%likely range 92.0% to 98.5%, 142 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 87.4%likely range 82.8% to 90.9%, 262 patients | 88.7%likely range 82.4% to 92.9%, 141 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 65.5%likely range 64.1% to 67.0%, 4,191 patients | 74.1%likely range 72.3% to 75.8%, 2,292 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 65.5%likely range 63.5% to 67.4%, 2,244 patients | 74.7%likely range 72.2% to 77.0%, 1,237 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 26,894August 2026 | 14,154August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Blyth PCN | Blyth PCN |
| Phone | 01670 542630 | 01670 544125 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.3% good or very good41,727 answers, June 2026 | 96.2% good or very good524 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 15,149 in August 2026Same day 42.5%; face to face 57.2% | 5,283 in August 2026Same day 33.2%; face to face 82.9% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.13England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.82England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 12.8 qualified permanent17.1 including trainees and locums2,096 patients per permanent GP | 7.7 qualified permanent10.2 including trainees and locums1,844 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.