Barking and Dagenham · Compare
Tulasi Medical Centre vs Becontree Medical Centre
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?
Becontree Medical Centre’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Tulasi Medical Centre’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
Side by side
| Measure | Tulasi Medical CentreRM8 3XU | Becontree Medical CentreRM8 3HP |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 48.6likely range 35.6 to 63.6106 survey answers | 82.5likely range 76.7 to 86.9107 survey answersClearly higher |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 41.4%likely range 22.9% to 62.8%, 106 answers | 80.5%likely range 72.4% to 86.7%, 107 answersClearly higher |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 65.1%likely range 61.5% to 68.4% | 86.9%likely range 83.7% to 89.3%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 83.7%likely range 79.0% to 87.5%, 4,495 appointments | 97.9%likely range 95.2% to 99.1%, 3,762 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 46.4%likely range 41.0% to 51.8%, 6,704 calls | 75.8%likely range 70.1% to 80.6%, 5,270 callsClearly higher |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 18.7%likely range 7.0% to 41.1%, 100 answers | 65.6%likely range 56.5% to 73.7%, 104 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 61.2%likely range 39.3% to 79.4%, 103 answers | 87.1%likely range 79.8% to 92.1%, 106 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 20.4%likely range 8.2% to 42.5%, 104 answers | 31.0%likely range 23.3% to 39.8%, 107 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 42.2%likely range 27.9% to 58.0%, 36 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 48.6%likely range 27.7% to 70.1%, 95 answers | 68.7%likely range 59.5% to 76.7%, 100 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 36.1%likely range 18.8% to 58.0%, 105 answers | 72.0%likely range 63.2% to 79.5%, 104 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 31.6%likely range 14.8% to 55.2%, 93 answers | 63.9%likely range 54.2% to 72.5%, 94 answers |
| Being listened to | 72.2%likely range 49.4% to 87.3%, 100 answers | 84.8%likely range 77.1% to 90.3%, 104 answers |
| Care and concern | 69.3%likely range 46.4% to 85.5%, 98 answers | 76.9%likely range 68.3% to 83.7%, 104 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 79.9%likely range 56.8% to 92.3%, 96 answers | 90.9%likely range 83.9% to 95.0%, 98 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 75.4%likely range 51.9% to 89.7%, 94 answers | 91.1%likely range 84.1% to 95.2%, 97 answers |
| Needs met | 73.2%likely range 50.5% to 88.0%, 100 answers | 85.2%likely range 77.5% to 90.6%, 103 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 77.0%likely range 70.2% to 82.6%, 174 patients | 88.3%likely range 81.4% to 92.9%, 120 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 79.6%likely range 73.3% to 84.7%, 191 patients | 84.5%likely range 77.3% to 89.7%, 129 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 72.6%likely range 66.2% to 78.2%, 208 patients | 82.6%likely range 75.4% to 88.0%, 138 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 64.0%likely range 62.4% to 65.6%, 3,477 patients | 74.0%likely range 71.9% to 76.0%, 1,696 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 76.3%likely range 74.1% to 78.3%, 1,550 patients | 85.0%likely range 82.0% to 87.5%, 639 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 18,585August 2026 | 9,055August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Barking & Dagenham Central PCN | Barking & Dagenham Central PCN |
| Phone | 020 85901773 | 02037 473020 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | No results for June 2026 | 92.9% good or very good14 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 11,438 in August 2026Same day 31.5%; face to face 35.0% | 5,353 in August 2026Same day 48.1%; face to face 52.5% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.60England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.83England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 5.0 qualified permanent7.7 including trainees and locums3,695 patients per permanent GP | 1.6 qualified permanent3.4 including trainees and locums5,659 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | – | Inadequate |
“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.