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Tanfield View Medical Group vs Cedars 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?
Tanfield View Medical Group and Cedars 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 | Tanfield View Medical GroupDH9 8AD | Cedars Medical GroupNE16 6HU |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 82.0likely range 74.0 to 86.9114 survey answers | 87.6likely range 85.0 to 89.6145 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 | 85.4%likely range 74.1% to 92.3%, 114 answers | 92.2%likely range 89.1% to 94.4%, 145 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 73.8%likely range 70.2% to 76.9% | 76.8%likely range 71.9% to 80.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 74.9%likely range 69.9% to 79.2%, 5,069 appointments | 92.4%likely range 86.6% to 95.9%, 1,986 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 72.6%likely range 67.6% to 77.1%, 7,153 calls | 61.1%likely range 53.2% to 68.5%, 3,205 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 67.0%likely range 53.6% to 78.1%, 107 answers | 84.3%likely range 80.3% to 87.5%, 143 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 89.5%likely range 78.7% to 95.2%, 110 answers | 97.2%likely range 95.1% to 98.4%, 145 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 33.5%likely range 22.5% to 46.5%, 112 answers | 26.9%likely range 22.7% to 31.4%, 144 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 49.4%likely range 28.4% to 70.7%, 37 answers | 54.1%likely range 44.4% to 63.6%, 38 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 90.4%likely range 79.4% to 95.8%, 104 answers | 86.3%likely range 82.6% to 89.4%, 142 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 87.4%likely range 76.1% to 93.8%, 110 answers | 89.3%likely range 85.9% to 92.0%, 145 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 86.3%likely range 74.4% to 93.2%, 103 answers | 83.7%likely range 79.5% to 87.1%, 131 answers |
| Being listened to | 89.6%likely range 78.8% to 95.2%, 110 answers | 96.6%likely range 94.3% to 98.0%, 144 answers |
| Care and concern | 88.8%likely range 77.8% to 94.7%, 110 answers | 93.2%likely range 90.3% to 95.3%, 144 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.2%likely range 86.0% to 98.5%, 109 answers | 100.0%likely range 99.0% to 100.0%, 142 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.7%likely range 85.3% to 98.2%, 108 answers | 97.1%likely range 94.9% to 98.4%, 139 answers |
| Needs met | 95.2%likely range 86.1% to 98.5%, 110 answers | 96.6%likely range 94.4% to 98.0%, 143 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.3%likely range 88.5% to 98.2%, 85 patients | 97.4%likely range 86.8% to 99.5%, 39 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 90.5%likely range 82.3% to 95.1%, 84 patients | 95.8%likely range 88.5% to 98.6%, 72 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 97.2%likely range 92.0% to 99.0%, 106 patients | 93.8%likely range 85.0% to 97.5%, 64 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 73.7%likely range 71.4% to 75.8%, 1,546 patients | 86.7%likely range 84.5% to 88.6%, 1,054 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.5%likely range 74.8% to 80.0%, 996 patients | 87.2%likely range 84.4% to 89.6%, 634 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 10,794August 2026 | 6,288August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Derwentside PCN | Derwentside PCN |
| Phone | 01207 232384 | 01207 272272 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 95.0% good or very good343 answers, June 2026 | No results for June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,097 in August 2026Same day 42.4%; face to face 65.7% | 2,373 in August 2026Same day 34.1%; face to face 86.7% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.16England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.8 qualified permanent6.4 including trainees and locums1,863 patients per permanent GP | 3.0 qualified permanent3.6 including trainees and locums2,108 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.