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Seaside Medical Centre vs Park Practice
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?
Seaside Medical Centre and Park Practice 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 | Seaside Medical CentreBN22 8DR | Park PracticeBN22 9PQ |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 84.4likely range 75.8 to 88.196 survey answers | 72.6likely range 59.9 to 81.695 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Clearly above the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 92.5%likely range 80.3% to 97.4%, 96 answers | 72.6%likely range 54.5% to 85.4%, 95 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 65.5%likely range 60.3% to 69.8% | 72.5%likely range 69.0% to 75.7% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 74.1%likely range 65.2% to 81.4%, 1,675 appointments | 90.8%likely range 86.4% to 93.9%, 3,533 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 56.7%likely range 51.6% to 61.5%, 7,953 calls | 54.1%likely range 48.5% to 59.6%, 6,311 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 61.0%likely range 45.6% to 74.4%, 94 answers | 27.4%likely range 14.3% to 46.1%, 89 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 97.0%likely range 86.6% to 99.4%, 96 answers | 77.4%likely range 59.3% to 88.9%, 93 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 43.3%likely range 29.5% to 58.2%, 97 answers | 38.5%likely range 23.1% to 56.6%, 94 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 69.2%likely range 45.8% to 85.6%, 42 answers | 30.9%likely range 10.7% to 62.6%, 31 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.5%likely range 76.4% to 95.7%, 94 answers | 79.6%likely range 61.3% to 90.6%, 89 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 88.6%likely range 75.3% to 95.2%, 94 answers | 61.4%likely range 43.2% to 76.9%, 93 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 85.4%likely range 70.8% to 93.4%, 87 answers | 48.4%likely range 30.8% to 66.3%, 87 answers |
| Being listened to | 95.3%likely range 83.8% to 98.7%, 92 answers | 76.6%likely range 58.5% to 88.4%, 93 answers |
| Care and concern | 95.6%likely range 84.4% to 98.8%, 94 answers | 82.6%likely range 65.2% to 92.3%, 94 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 97.9%likely range 87.8% to 99.7%, 94 answers | 80.9%likely range 63.3% to 91.2%, 94 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.8%likely range 85.8% to 99.4%, 89 answers | 82.8%likely range 64.8% to 92.7%, 88 answers |
| Needs met | 97.1%likely range 86.4% to 99.5%, 91 answers | 78.1%likely range 60.1% to 89.4%, 93 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 93.8%likely range 87.0% to 97.1%, 96 patients | 95.9%likely range 90.0% to 98.4%, 98 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 91.4%likely range 83.9% to 95.6%, 93 patients | 93.7%likely range 88.0% to 96.7%, 126 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 93.3%likely range 85.3% to 97.1%, 75 patients | 91.9%likely range 86.1% to 95.4%, 136 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 63.6%likely range 61.5% to 65.7%, 1,975 patients | 69.6%likely range 67.6% to 71.5%, 2,082 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 72.5%likely range 69.8% to 75.1%, 1,103 patients | 73.9%likely range 71.3% to 76.3%, 1,156 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,607August 2026 | 13,268August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Alps Group PCN | Alps Group PCN |
| Phone | 01323 725667 | 01323 502200 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 83.7% good or very good43 answers, June 2026 | 95.3% good or very good490 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 5,482 in August 2026Same day 47.2%; face to face 52.2% | 7,032 in August 2026Same day 45.3%; face to face 52.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.77England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.9 qualified permanent7.8 including trainees and locums1,673 patients per permanent GP | 8.9 qualified permanent8.9 including trainees and locums1,488 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.