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The New Seaham Medical Group vs Byron 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?
The New Seaham Medical Group and Byron 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 | The New Seaham Medical GroupSR7 8DY | Byron Medical PracticeSR7 8LF |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 77.2likely range 72.1 to 81.595 survey answers | 80.5likely range 73.8 to 85.3114 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 | 77.6%likely range 70.7% to 83.3%, 95 answers | 80.9%likely range 71.6% to 87.7%, 114 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 76.2%likely range 70.0% to 81.2% | 79.3%likely range 75.2% to 82.6% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 69.3%likely range 58.8% to 78.1%, 1,289 appointments | 72.3%likely range 65.8% to 77.9%, 3,209 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 83.0%likely range 76.4% to 88.0%, 3,304 calls | 86.2%likely range 81.4% to 89.9%, 5,360 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 73.7%likely range 66.4% to 79.9%, 92 answers | 78.8%likely range 69.1% to 86.1%, 110 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 89.5%likely range 83.7% to 93.4%, 90 answers | 82.1%likely range 72.8% to 88.7%, 111 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 28.2%likely range 21.9% to 35.5%, 95 answers | 25.7%likely range 17.8% to 35.5%, 115 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 84.7%likely range 78.4% to 89.5%, 92 answers | 92.7%likely range 85.3% to 96.5%, 111 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 80.1%likely range 73.3% to 85.6%, 92 answers | 81.2%likely range 71.9% to 87.9%, 114 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 66.9%likely range 59.1% to 73.9%, 87 answers | 65.5%likely range 54.5% to 75.0%, 101 answers |
| Being listened to | 83.4%likely range 76.9% to 88.4%, 93 answers | 82.0%likely range 72.7% to 88.7%, 111 answers |
| Care and concern | 84.9%likely range 78.6% to 89.6%, 93 answers | 85.1%likely range 76.3% to 91.1%, 112 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 88.0%likely range 82.1% to 92.1%, 94 answers | 96.8%likely range 90.8% to 99.0%, 110 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 89.1%likely range 83.3% to 93.0%, 92 answers | 95.4%likely range 88.7% to 98.2%, 108 answers |
| Needs met | 85.4%likely range 79.1% to 90.0%, 93 answers | 96.6%likely range 90.4% to 98.9%, 109 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.7%likely range 80.6% to 97.5%, 41 patients | 94.5%likely range 85.1% to 98.1%, 55 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 87.2%likely range 73.3% to 94.4%, 39 patients | 95.5%likely range 87.6% to 98.5%, 67 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 97.8%likely range 88.4% to 99.6%, 45 patients | 92.1%likely range 83.8% to 96.3%, 76 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 72.3%likely range 69.0% to 75.3%, 793 patients | 74.6%likely range 72.1% to 76.9%, 1,240 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 72.8%likely range 68.6% to 76.7%, 453 patients | 75.4%likely range 72.2% to 78.3%, 764 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 4,619August 2026 | 8,274August 2026 |
| Primary care network | North Easington PCN | North Easington PCN |
| Phone | 0191 5817661 | 0191 3009631 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 88.8% good or very good107 answers, June 2026 | 97.1% good or very good68 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 2,851 in August 2026Same day 28.9%; face to face 90.3% | 4,240 in August 2026Same day 28.8%; face to face 95.0% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.82England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.92England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 1.4 qualified permanent2.2 including trainees and locums3,337 patients per permanent GP | 3.8 qualified permanent5.5 including trainees and locums2,187 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.