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Wearside Medical Practice vs Forge 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?
Wearside Medical Practice and Forge 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 | Wearside Medical PracticeSR4 7XF | Forge Medical PracticeSR4 6QE |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 83.1likely range 74.9 to 88.595 survey answers | 81.6likely range 75.3 to 86.2121 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 | 83.1%likely range 71.5% to 90.6%, 95 answers | 82.4%likely range 73.6% to 88.8%, 121 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 83.0%likely range 79.0% to 86.1% | 79.6%likely range 75.6% to 82.9% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 82.8%likely range 76.3% to 87.7%, 2,540 appointments | 93.0%likely range 88.2% to 95.9%, 2,663 appointmentsClearly higher |
| Calls answered by the practice | 83.1%likely range 78.4% to 87.0%, 6,058 callsClearly higher | 66.2%likely range 59.7% to 72.1%, 4,641 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 83.4%likely range 71.9% to 90.8%, 95 answers | 77.2%likely range 67.4% to 84.7%, 112 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 95.4%likely range 86.6% to 98.5%, 94 answers | 96.1%likely range 90.0% to 98.5%, 119 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 17.8%likely range 10.1% to 29.6%, 94 answers | 21.1%likely range 14.1% to 30.4%, 121 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 82.1%likely range 70.2% to 90.0%, 91 answers | 87.6%likely range 79.4% to 92.9%, 118 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 75.9%likely range 63.4% to 85.2%, 92 answers | 81.4%likely range 72.3% to 88.0%, 119 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 66.5%likely range 53.1% to 77.7%, 86 answers | 85.7%likely range 76.7% to 91.6%, 107 answers |
| Being listened to | 80.4%likely range 68.5% to 88.6%, 94 answers | 87.7%likely range 79.3% to 93.0%, 115 answers |
| Care and concern | 81.8%likely range 70.0% to 89.6%, 94 answers | 87.2%likely range 78.8% to 92.6%, 115 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.1%likely range 86.2% to 98.4%, 94 answers | 89.9%likely range 82.1% to 94.5%, 117 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 92.3%likely range 82.1% to 96.9%, 89 answers | 90.4%likely range 82.5% to 94.9%, 114 answers |
| Needs met | 91.5%likely range 81.4% to 96.4%, 92 answers | 86.8%likely range 78.4% to 92.3%, 116 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 82.7%likely range 72.6% to 89.6%, 75 patients | 96.2%likely range 87.2% to 99.0%, 53 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 90.7%likely range 82.0% to 95.4%, 75 patients | 93.0%likely range 83.3% to 97.2%, 57 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 89.5%likely range 81.7% to 94.2%, 95 patients | 94.4%likely range 86.6% to 97.8%, 72 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 70.6%likely range 68.1% to 72.9%, 1,338 patients | 66.3%likely range 63.6% to 68.9%, 1,232 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.4%likely range 70.9% to 77.7%, 633 patients | 76.3%likely range 72.9% to 79.3%, 683 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,630August 2026 | 8,229August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Sunderland West 1 PCN | Sunderland West 1 PCN |
| Phone | 0191 5689510 | 0191 5109393 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 92.9% good or very good267 answers, June 2026 | 98.4% good or very good245 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 3,362 in August 2026Same day 38.8%; face to face 88.6% | 4,472 in August 2026Same day 65.0%; face to face 53.4% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.83England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.76England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 2.4 qualified permanent3.2 including trainees and locums3,241 patients per permanent GP | 5.6 qualified permanent8.3 including trainees and locums1,466 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.