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St Andrew's Medical Practice vs Bishops Close Medical 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?
St Andrew's Medical Practice and Bishops Close Medical 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 | St Andrew's Medical PracticeDL16 6QA | Bishops Close Medical PracticeDL16 6ED |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 80.1likely range 69.3 to 86.4124 survey answers | 82.6likely range 76.4 to 87.2116 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 82.8%likely range 67.5% to 91.8%, 124 answers | 81.7%likely range 72.9% to 88.1%, 116 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 73.6%likely range 70.9% to 76.1% | 84.6%likely range 81.0% to 87.2%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 90.7%likely range 87.1% to 93.4%, 5,069 appointments | 97.1%likely range 92.3% to 99.0%, 1,780 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 56.4%likely range 52.3% to 60.5%, 11,527 calls | 72.0%likely range 66.5% to 76.9%, 5,959 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 65.7%likely range 49.1% to 79.1%, 121 answers | 70.7%likely range 60.7% to 79.0%, 109 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 90.0%likely range 75.8% to 96.3%, 121 answers | 88.8%likely range 81.0% to 93.7%, 114 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 25.3%likely range 14.0% to 41.3%, 125 answers | 29.2%likely range 21.1% to 38.8%, 116 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 43.3%likely range 17.9% to 72.8%, 32 answers | 40.4%likely range 25.5% to 57.4%, 40 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.5%likely range 74.7% to 96.1%, 115 answers | 93.0%likely range 86.0% to 96.6%, 112 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 83.9%likely range 68.5% to 92.6%, 121 answers | 82.1%likely range 73.3% to 88.5%, 113 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 84.0%likely range 67.5% to 93.0%, 107 answers | 79.6%likely range 70.2% to 86.6%, 107 answers |
| Being listened to | 95.2%likely range 82.6% to 98.8%, 121 answers | 79.3%likely range 70.1% to 86.1%, 114 answers |
| Care and concern | 94.5%likely range 81.7% to 98.5%, 121 answers | 82.3%likely range 73.5% to 88.6%, 115 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 98.4%likely range 87.4% to 99.8%, 121 answers | 88.4%likely range 80.5% to 93.3%, 115 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 98.0%likely range 86.6% to 99.7%, 119 answers | 82.2%likely range 73.0% to 88.8%, 105 answers |
| Needs met | 97.9%likely range 86.7% to 99.7%, 121 answers | 88.4%likely range 80.4% to 93.4%, 113 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.3%likely range 91.0% to 97.6%, 170 patients | 98.4%likely range 91.3% to 99.7%, 61 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 92.6%likely range 87.7% to 95.6%, 175 patients | 98.7%likely range 92.9% to 99.8%, 76 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 94.3%likely range 89.8% to 96.9%, 175 patients | 94.7%likely range 87.2% to 97.9%, 76 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 76.7%likely range 75.1% to 78.3%, 2,696 patients | 78.4%likely range 76.0% to 80.6%, 1,250 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.9%likely range 75.6% to 80.0%, 1,371 patients | 80.6%likely range 77.6% to 83.2%, 787 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 16,021August 2026 | 8,625August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Sedgefield North PCN | Sedgefield North PCN |
| Phone | 01388 817777 | 01388 811455 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 3 answers in June 2026; shares not published below 5 | 100.0% good or very good20 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 9,855 in August 2026Same day 37.7%; face to face 68.2% | 3,749 in August 2026Same day 29.5%; face to face 76.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.19England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.15England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 6.8 qualified permanent11.1 including trainees and locums2,358 patients per permanent GP | 4.7 qualified permanent6.6 including trainees and locums1,854 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.