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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.

Comparison

Denton Park Medical Group’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than Westerhope Medical Group’s: its likely range lies wholly above.

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MeasureDenton Park Medical GroupNE5 2QW×Westerhope Medical GroupNE5 2LH×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade78.4likely range 75.0 to 81.5158 survey answersClearly higher59.9likely range 47.9 to 71.0104 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageNo label
Patients who describe the practice as good78.9%likely range 74.3% to 83.0%, 158 answersClearly higher55.9%likely range 38.8% to 71.7%, 104 answers
Access (mean of the two below)77.1%likely range 73.0% to 80.5%Clearly higher69.1%likely range 65.6% to 72.2%
Appointments within two weeks of booking78.1%likely range 71.8% to 83.2%, 3,077 appointments91.1%likely range 86.5% to 94.3%, 3,180 appointmentsClearly higher
Calls answered by the practice76.0%likely range 70.7% to 80.6%, 5,958 callsClearly higher46.9%likely range 41.7% to 52.2%, 7,130 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone56.8%likely range 51.3% to 62.1%, 153 answers37.5%likely range 22.5% to 55.5%, 98 answers
Reception and admin team87.7%likely range 83.7% to 90.8%, 156 answers71.3%likely range 53.1% to 84.5%, 96 answers
Having a preferred professional34.9%likely range 30.0% to 40.2%, 157 answers14.7%likely range 6.3% to 31.0%, 104 answers
Seeing your preferred professional34.7%likely range 26.5% to 44.0%, 54 answersNot shown: fewer than 30 answers
Knowing the next step86.6%likely range 82.4% to 89.9%, 153 answers77.9%likely range 59.8% to 89.3%, 94 answers
Contacting the practice74.9%likely range 70.0% to 79.3%, 157 answers49.0%likely range 32.2% to 66.1%, 99 answers
Wait for an appointment63.8%likely range 58.2% to 69.1%, 139 answers35.4%likely range 19.9% to 54.8%, 85 answers
Being listened to85.6%likely range 81.4% to 89.0%, 154 answers70.6%likely range 52.2% to 84.1%, 94 answers
Care and concern83.1%likely range 78.6% to 86.8%, 152 answers69.6%likely range 51.4% to 83.3%, 96 answers
Confidence and trust92.8%likely range 89.5% to 95.2%, 153 answers88.1%likely range 71.6% to 95.6%, 96 answers
Involvement in decisions96.5%likely range 93.9% to 98.0%, 149 answers82.0%likely range 64.1% to 92.0%, 93 answers
Needs met95.0%likely range 92.0% to 96.9%, 153 answers86.6%likely range 69.6% to 94.8%, 94 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months90.9%likely range 81.6% to 95.8%, 66 patients89.1%likely range 82.6% to 93.4%, 129 patients
Children at 18 months90.5%likely range 80.7% to 95.6%, 63 patients86.4%likely range 79.1% to 91.5%, 118 patients
Children at 5 years86.6%likely range 77.6% to 92.3%, 82 patients86.0%likely range 80.1% to 90.4%, 172 patients
Women aged 25 to 4975.0%likely range 72.5% to 77.3%, 1,215 patients65.0%likely range 63.1% to 66.9%, 2,460 patients
Women aged 50 to 6474.0%likely range 70.4% to 77.3%, 631 patients69.6%likely range 66.8% to 72.3%, 1,060 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients7,558August 202613,615August 2026
Primary care networkNewcastle Outer West PCNNewcastle Outer West PCN
Phone0191 22958000191 2437000
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)100.0% good or very good8 answers, June 202691.8% good or very good367 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)3,629 in August 2026Same day 49.1%; face to face 61.6%7,437 in August 2026Same day 56.9%; face to face 53.2%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)1.06England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20261.05England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)3.6 qualified permanent3.6 including trainees and locums2,107 patients per permanent GP7.4 qualified permanent7.4 including trainees and locums1,830 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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