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Sacriston Medical Centre vs Cestria Health 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?
Sacriston Medical Centre and Cestria Health 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 | Sacriston Medical CentreDH7 6JW | Cestria Health CentreDH2 3DJ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 77.1likely range 67.8 to 84.0108 survey answers | 73.0likely range 58.2 to 83.991 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 | 75.1%likely range 61.9% to 84.8%, 108 answers | 68.2%likely range 47.2% to 83.7%, 91 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 81.7%likely range 78.2% to 84.6% | 84.0%likely range 78.6% to 87.1% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 87.2%likely range 82.7% to 90.7%, 4,130 appointments | 93.5%likely range 88.1% to 96.6%, 2,104 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 76.0%likely range 70.8% to 80.6%, 6,071 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 52.7%likely range 39.3% to 65.6%, 107 answers | 44.3%likely range 25.8% to 64.5%, 90 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 84.1%likely range 71.9% to 91.6%, 108 answers | 79.5%likely range 58.7% to 91.4%, 90 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 40.7%likely range 28.5% to 54.2%, 109 answers | 24.9%likely range 11.5% to 46.0%, 90 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 28.8%likely range 14.2% to 49.7%, 47 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 73.0%likely range 59.0% to 83.5%, 99 answers | 80.9%likely range 59.8% to 92.3%, 87 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 71.4%likely range 57.8% to 82.0%, 106 answers | 66.8%likely range 45.6% to 82.8%, 89 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 71.7%likely range 57.3% to 82.7%, 95 answers | 66.8%likely range 45.2% to 83.0%, 86 answers |
| Being listened to | 94.3%likely range 84.5% to 98.1%, 108 answers | 88.5%likely range 69.1% to 96.4%, 91 answers |
| Care and concern | 95.0%likely range 85.4% to 98.4%, 107 answers | 88.9%likely range 69.5% to 96.5%, 91 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.6%likely range 89.0% to 99.5%, 107 answers | 93.2%likely range 74.9% to 98.5%, 90 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 95.6%likely range 86.0% to 98.7%, 104 answers | 92.2%likely range 73.2% to 98.1%, 88 answers |
| Needs met | 92.8%likely range 82.3% to 97.3%, 106 answers | 92.4%likely range 73.8% to 98.1%, 90 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 86.9%likely range 78.1% to 92.5%, 84 patients | 94.7%likely range 87.2% to 97.9%, 76 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 96.3%likely range 89.7% to 98.7%, 81 patients | 94.0%likely range 86.7% to 97.4%, 83 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 92.8%likely range 85.8% to 96.5%, 97 patients | 94.5%likely range 88.6% to 97.5%, 110 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 76.7%likely range 74.7% to 78.6%, 1,794 patients | 74.4%likely range 72.4% to 76.4%, 1,878 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.6%likely range 74.9% to 80.1%, 985 patients | 81.3%likely range 79.1% to 83.4%, 1,280 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,539August 2026 | 12,524August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Chester le Street PCN | Chester le Street PCN |
| Phone | 0191 3710232 | 0191 3887771 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.8% good or very good172 answers, June 2026 | 96.9% good or very good225 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,427 in August 2026Same day 40.2%; face to face 62.2% | 6,163 in August 2026Same day 42.9%; face to face 93.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.86England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.04England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.4 qualified permanent8.5 including trainees and locums2,393 patients per permanent GP | 8.1 qualified permanent12.1 including trainees and locums1,551 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Outstanding |
“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.