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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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Fulwell Medical Centre, and Bridge View Medical Group 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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MeasureFulwell Medical Centre,SR6 8DZ×Bridge View Medical GroupSR5 2LT×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade87.1likely range 81.2 to 90.6112 survey answers74.7likely range 59.9 to 84.896 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Clearly above the England averageCannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good89.4%likely range 81.2% to 94.3%, 112 answers71.9%likely range 50.8% to 86.4%, 96 answers
Access (mean of the two below)81.4%likely range 77.4% to 84.6%80.9%likely range 78.0% to 83.3%
Appointments within two weeks of booking83.1%likely range 77.0% to 87.8%, 2,852 appointments90.4%likely range 86.7% to 93.1%, 5,051 appointments
Calls answered by the practice79.6%likely range 74.5% to 83.9%, 5,845 calls71.4%likely range 67.0% to 75.4%, 9,210 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone85.5%likely range 76.4% to 91.4%, 109 answers53.6%likely range 33.0% to 73.0%, 90 answers
Reception and admin team93.7%likely range 86.5% to 97.2%, 111 answers77.8%likely range 56.8% to 90.3%, 95 answers
Having a preferred professional30.0%likely range 21.3% to 40.3%, 111 answers24.8%likely range 11.5% to 45.6%, 98 answers
Seeing your preferred professional41.7%likely range 25.0% to 60.5%, 35 answersNot shown: fewer than 30 answers
Knowing the next step95.5%likely range 88.8% to 98.3%, 109 answers83.5%likely range 62.8% to 93.8%, 93 answers
Contacting the practice86.2%likely range 77.3% to 92.0%, 109 answers67.5%likely range 46.4% to 83.3%, 95 answers
Wait for an appointment72.6%likely range 62.1% to 81.1%, 105 answers67.4%likely range 45.3% to 83.8%, 87 answers
Being listened to92.6%likely range 85.0% to 96.5%, 110 answers86.8%likely range 66.7% to 95.6%, 94 answers
Care and concern95.0%likely range 88.2% to 98.0%, 111 answers87.5%likely range 67.6% to 95.9%, 95 answers
Confidence and trust97.6%likely range 91.7% to 99.3%, 110 answers94.7%likely range 76.7% to 99.0%, 95 answers
Involvement in decisions94.3%likely range 87.2% to 97.6%, 107 answers92.2%likely range 72.6% to 98.1%, 89 answers
Needs met97.5%likely range 91.7% to 99.3%, 110 answers91.9%likely range 72.9% to 97.9%, 94 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months96.4%likely range 87.9% to 99.0%, 56 patients94.2%likely range 88.5% to 97.2%, 121 patients
Children at 18 months96.6%likely range 88.3% to 99.0%, 58 patients90.8%likely range 84.2% to 94.8%, 119 patients
Children at 5 years100.0%likely range 94.0% to 100.0%, 60 patients96.5%likely range 92.1% to 98.5%, 143 patients
Women aged 25 to 4976.3%likely range 73.8% to 78.5%, 1,259 patients67.4%likely range 65.5% to 69.3%, 2,369 patients
Women aged 50 to 6481.0%likely range 78.5% to 83.3%, 1,047 patients69.4%likely range 66.8% to 71.8%, 1,302 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients9,153August 202614,544August 2026
Primary care networkSunderland North PCNSunderland North PCN
Phone0191 54836350191 5163940
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)96.4% good or very good778 answers, June 202695.1% good or very good163 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)4,542 in August 2026Same day 54.1%; face to face 74.7%8,616 in August 2026Same day 54.7%; face to face 44.1%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.86England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20261.07England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)5.2 qualified permanent6.3 including trainees and locums1,761 patients per permanent GP7.2 qualified permanent14.7 including trainees and locums2,013 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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