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Pick two to four practices. Each column shows the Practice Grade with its likely range and the number of answers, the other survey questions, and facts from NHS England. We point a practice out as higher only when the survey can show it. Otherwise we say they cannot be told apart.

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Burn Brae Medical Group and The Sele 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.

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MeasureBurn Brae Medical GroupNE46 1QJ×The Sele Medical PracticeNE46 1QJ×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade84.7likely range 78.1 to 88.7119 survey answers83.4likely range 77.6 to 86.984 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Clearly above the England averageClearly above the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good88.6%likely range 79.5% to 93.9%, 119 answers93.0%likely range 85.7% to 96.7%, 84 answers
Access (mean of the two below)75.6%likely range 69.5% to 80.1%Clearly higher60.7%likely range 51.7% to 68.5%
Appointments within two weeks of booking85.1%likely range 79.0% to 89.6%, 2,676 appointmentsClearly higher70.2%likely range 61.2% to 78.0%, 1,694 appointments
Calls answered by the practiceNot in the grade: no phone dataNot in the grade: no phone data
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone78.8%likely range 68.0% to 86.7%, 112 answers90.7%likely range 82.6% to 95.3%, 80 answers
Reception and admin team90.3%likely range 81.5% to 95.2%, 117 answers100.0%likely range 95.8% to 100.0%, 83 answers
Having a preferred professional52.1%likely range 40.9% to 63.1%, 116 answers36.8%likely range 27.5% to 47.2%, 85 answers
Seeing your preferred professional59.9%likely range 43.8% to 74.2%, 58 answers60.8%likely range 44.4% to 75.1%, 35 answers
Knowing the next step94.1%likely range 86.0% to 97.6%, 112 answers97.5%likely range 91.6% to 99.3%, 81 answers
Contacting the practice86.5%likely range 77.0% to 92.5%, 118 answers98.4%likely range 93.1% to 99.6%, 84 answers
Wait for an appointment67.4%likely range 55.7% to 77.3%, 109 answers75.5%likely range 65.1% to 83.5%, 78 answers
Being listened to91.6%likely range 83.1% to 96.0%, 117 answers96.7%likely range 90.5% to 98.9%, 83 answers
Care and concern89.9%likely range 81.1% to 94.9%, 117 answers94.5%likely range 87.5% to 97.6%, 83 answers
Confidence and trust93.1%likely range 85.0% to 97.0%, 116 answers96.2%likely range 89.9% to 98.7%, 83 answers
Involvement in decisions92.0%likely range 83.1% to 96.4%, 107 answers98.1%likely range 92.3% to 99.6%, 77 answers
Needs met90.4%likely range 81.5% to 95.2%, 115 answers97.4%likely range 91.5% to 99.2%, 83 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months95.2%likely range 86.9% to 98.4%, 63 patients96.7%likely range 83.3% to 99.4%, 30 patients
Children at 18 months96.8%likely range 89.1% to 99.1%, 63 patients92.5%likely range 80.1% to 97.4%, 40 patients
Children at 5 years96.3%likely range 89.7% to 98.7%, 81 patients95.2%likely range 84.2% to 98.7%, 42 patients
Women aged 25 to 4977.7%likely range 75.4% to 79.8%, 1,353 patients73.6%likely range 70.3% to 76.7%, 739 patients
Women aged 50 to 6482.6%likely range 80.3% to 84.8%, 1,083 patients83.5%likely range 80.4% to 86.2%, 618 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients10,392August 20265,863August 2026
Primary care networkWest Northumberland PCNWest Northumberland PCN
Phone01434 60362701434 602237
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)96.5% good or very good570 answers, June 202697.2% good or very good1,024 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)4,845 in August 2026Same day 40.3%; face to face 62.1%1,970 in August 2026Same day 38.5%; face to face 75.4%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.94England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.81England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)6.3 qualified permanent8.9 including trainees and locums1,639 patients per permanent GP3.8 qualified permanent5.7 including trainees and locums1,533 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)GoodGood

“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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How to read it

The Practice Grade is the same figure as on each practice’s page, with its margin of error. Two practices whose margins overlap cannot be told apart, however far apart the two numbers look. That is why a bigger number alone never gets a mark here. How we grade.

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.

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