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Station View Medical Centre vs Auckland 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?
Station View Medical Centre and Auckland 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 | Station View Medical CentreDL14 6AB | Auckland Medical GroupDL14 6RP |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 81.6likely range 75.6 to 85.9125 survey answers | 87.5likely range 74.3 to 93.3109 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 | 83.2%likely range 74.8% to 89.2%, 125 answers | 87.7%likely range 68.8% to 95.9%, 109 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 77.6%likely range 73.9% to 80.8% | 87.0%likely range 84.8% to 88.7%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 79.4%likely range 73.6% to 84.2%, 3,422 appointments | 92.0%likely range 89.1% to 94.2%, 6,832 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 75.8%likely range 71.2% to 79.9%, 7,583 calls | 81.8%likely range 78.7% to 84.6%, 13,737 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 65.6%likely range 56.0% to 74.1%, 125 answers | 70.4%likely range 49.8% to 85.1%, 107 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 95.6%likely range 89.7% to 98.2%, 125 answers | 90.6%likely range 72.3% to 97.3%, 109 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 42.7%likely range 33.5% to 52.6%, 122 answers | 23.7%likely range 11.0% to 44.0%, 109 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 52.3%likely range 36.9% to 67.2%, 48 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.8%likely range 76.4% to 90.6%, 120 answers | 84.7%likely range 65.2% to 94.2%, 109 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 82.2%likely range 73.5% to 88.5%, 122 answers | 78.0%likely range 57.8% to 90.2%, 109 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 76.0%likely range 66.3% to 83.6%, 111 answers | 78.2%likely range 56.8% to 90.7%, 98 answers |
| Being listened to | 86.6%likely range 78.5% to 92.0%, 120 answers | 92.0%likely range 74.0% to 97.9%, 109 answers |
| Care and concern | 87.4%likely range 79.3% to 92.6%, 119 answers | 93.8%likely range 76.4% to 98.6%, 108 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.5%likely range 90.6% to 98.7%, 118 answers | 96.1%likely range 79.5% to 99.4%, 107 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.6%likely range 85.5% to 96.4%, 116 answers | 97.0%likely range 79.8% to 99.6%, 100 answers |
| Needs met | 94.8%likely range 88.3% to 97.7%, 117 answers | 92.4%likely range 74.5% to 98.1%, 108 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 94.4%likely range 86.4% to 97.8%, 71 patients | 94.8%likely range 90.0% to 97.3%, 153 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 93.2%likely range 85.1% to 97.1%, 74 patients | 92.1%likely range 87.2% to 95.2%, 177 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 87.4%likely range 78.8% to 92.8%, 87 patients | 95.9%likely range 91.3% to 98.1%, 145 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 77.6%likely range 75.3% to 79.7%, 1,347 patients | 76.1%likely range 74.4% to 77.7%, 2,460 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 80.6%likely range 78.0% to 83.0%, 953 patients | 78.9%likely range 76.7% to 80.9%, 1,431 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 9,704August 2026 | 16,116August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Bishop Auckland PCN | Bishop Auckland PCN |
| Phone | 01388 452711 | 01388 602728 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 93.3% good or very good15 answers, June 2026 | 97.8% good or very good723 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,593 in August 2026Same day 38.3%; face to face 88.2% | 8,109 in August 2026Same day 36.3%; face to face 65.8% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.28England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.05England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.3 qualified permanent5.2 including trainees and locums2,940 patients per permanent GP | 7.4 qualified permanent8.4 including trainees and locums2,185 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.