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Riverview Surgery vs Ashburn 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?
Riverview Surgery and Ashburn 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 | Riverview SurgerySR1 2HJ | Ashburn Medical CentreSR1 2HJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 79.8likely range 71.6 to 85.191 survey answers | 82.1likely range 77.2 to 85.6103 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 | 83.1%likely range 71.7% to 90.5%, 91 answers | 85.5%likely range 78.9% to 90.2%, 103 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 71.8%likely range 66.7% to 76.2% | 74.0%likely range 69.0% to 78.0% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 75.1%likely range 66.6% to 82.0%, 1,818 appointments | 91.5%likely range 84.1% to 95.6%, 1,437 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 68.5%likely range 62.6% to 73.9%, 5,374 calls | 56.5%likely range 49.5% to 63.2%, 4,118 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 88.1%likely range 76.7% to 94.3%, 81 answers | 68.6%likely range 60.6% to 75.6%, 99 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 98.2%likely range 90.7% to 99.7%, 87 answers | 93.1%likely range 87.8% to 96.2%, 100 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 19.8%likely range 11.6% to 31.7%, 90 answers | 27.7%likely range 21.2% to 35.4%, 103 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 49.9%likely range 37.0% to 62.8%, 38 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 82.7%likely range 71.1% to 90.4%, 88 answers | 92.6%likely range 86.9% to 95.9%, 93 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 85.3%likely range 74.1% to 92.2%, 89 answers | 87.4%likely range 81.0% to 91.8%, 99 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 77.6%likely range 64.2% to 86.9%, 76 answers | 85.3%likely range 78.2% to 90.3%, 91 answers |
| Being listened to | 93.5%likely range 84.0% to 97.6%, 86 answers | 88.3%likely range 82.1% to 92.6%, 100 answers |
| Care and concern | 94.7%likely range 85.6% to 98.1%, 87 answers | 87.6%likely range 81.3% to 92.0%, 100 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.4%likely range 86.6% to 98.5%, 87 answers | 90.4%likely range 84.4% to 94.3%, 96 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 90.4%likely range 79.7% to 95.8%, 82 answers | 92.8%likely range 87.3% to 96.0%, 97 answers |
| Needs met | 95.2%likely range 86.0% to 98.5%, 83 answers | 87.2%likely range 80.7% to 91.7%, 99 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 89.1%likely range 78.2% to 94.9%, 55 patients | 100.0%likely range 92.7% to 100.0%, 49 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 90.0%likely range 79.9% to 95.3%, 60 patients | 94.9%likely range 83.1% to 98.6%, 39 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 86.7%likely range 73.8% to 93.7%, 45 patients | 77.8%likely range 65.1% to 86.8%, 54 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 64.4%likely range 61.5% to 67.1%, 1,100 patients | 59.1%likely range 55.7% to 62.4%, 828 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 70.1%likely range 66.0% to 74.0%, 499 patients | 60.6%likely range 56.0% to 65.1%, 432 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 6,456August 2026 | 5,073August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Sunderland East PCN | Sunderland East PCN |
| Phone | 0191 5673393 | 0191 5671035 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 91.1% good or very good158 answers, June 2026 | 96.5% good or very good259 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,148 in August 2026Same day 29.8%; face to face 87.9% | 1,701 in August 2026Same day 50.3%; face to face 66.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.96England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.94England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.4 qualified permanent2.4 including trainees and locums2,720 patients per permanent GP | 2.1 qualified permanent3.2 including trainees and locums2,393 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.