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Village Medical Centre vs Linthorpe Surgery
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?
Village Medical Centre and Linthorpe Surgery 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 | Village Medical CentreTS5 6HF | Linthorpe SurgeryTS5 6HA |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 58.1likely range 50.2 to 65.4109 survey answers | 67.7likely range 42.8 to 85.984 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | No label | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 55.7%likely range 44.9% to 65.9%, 109 answers | 62.5%likely range 26.9% to 88.4%, 84 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 63.5%likely range 56.4% to 69.2% | 79.8%likely range 75.9% to 83.2%Clearly higher |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 75.3%likely range 62.4% to 84.8%, 829 appointments | 98.8%likely range 96.0% to 99.7%, 2,788 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 51.7%likely range 45.4% to 58.0%, 5,025 calls | 60.7%likely range 53.4% to 67.5%, 3,802 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 20.7%likely range 13.3% to 30.7%, 108 answers | 32.3%likely range 8.7% to 70.4%, 78 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 64.3%likely range 53.2% to 74.0%, 104 answers | 75.8%likely range 36.1% to 94.5%, 80 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 37.5%likely range 27.8% to 48.3%, 108 answers | 33.3%likely range 9.6% to 70.1%, 84 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 38.7%likely range 23.0% to 57.2%, 38 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 71.5%likely range 60.2% to 80.6%, 96 answers | 84.5%likely range 42.6% to 97.6%, 76 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 42.2%likely range 32.0% to 53.0%, 108 answers | 59.8%likely range 24.7% to 87.1%, 82 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 45.0%likely range 33.9% to 56.5%, 94 answers | 64.9%likely range 25.8% to 90.7%, 69 answers |
| Being listened to | 83.3%likely range 73.5% to 90.0%, 103 answers | 79.3%likely range 38.4% to 95.9%, 77 answers |
| Care and concern | 89.3%likely range 80.5% to 94.4%, 103 answers | 75.4%likely range 35.6% to 94.5%, 79 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.4%likely range 88.2% to 98.3%, 102 answers | 88.4%likely range 46.5% to 98.5%, 77 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 88.7%likely range 79.4% to 94.1%, 97 answers | 80.7%likely range 38.1% to 96.6%, 71 answers |
| Needs met | 79.2%likely range 68.8% to 86.8%, 102 answers | 82.6%likely range 41.6% to 96.9%, 79 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 92.6%likely range 83.9% to 96.8%, 68 patients | 83.4%likely range 77.7% to 87.9%, 205 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 87.0%likely range 77.0% to 93.0%, 69 patients | 82.4%likely range 77.1% to 86.7%, 239 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 81.9%likely range 72.3% to 88.7%, 83 patients | 78.9%likely range 73.5% to 83.5%, 256 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 56.6%likely range 53.8% to 59.3%, 1,236 patients | 52.2%likely range 50.5% to 53.9%, 3,347 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 71.6%likely range 68.2% to 74.8%, 714 patients | 61.7%likely range 59.1% to 64.2%, 1,430 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,705August 2026 | 20,238August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Holgate PCN | Holgate PCN |
| Phone | 01642 851122 | 01642 856066 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 85.2% good or very good61 answers, June 2026 | 94.0% good or very good365 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,182 in August 2026Same day 49.2%; face to face 42.4% | 7,611 in August 2026Same day 34.4%; face to face 70.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.59England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 3.4 qualified permanent3.4 including trainees and locums2,284 patients per permanent GP | 8.4 qualified permanent13.0 including trainees and locums2,395 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.