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Pick two to four practices. Each column shows the Practice score with its 95% interval 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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Longrigg Medical Centre and Pelaw Medical Practice cannot be told apart on the Practice score. The 95% intervals overlap, so the data does not show that one is ahead of the other, whatever the two numbers are.

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MeasureLongrigg Medical CentreNE10 8PH×Pelaw Medical PracticeNE10 0RR×
Practice score (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice score81.695% interval 72.6 to 87.7103 survey answers87.695% interval 84.1 to 90.2122 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageClearly above the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good80.0%95% interval 67.3% to 88.6%, 103 answers88.7%95% interval 84.3% to 92.0%, 122 answers
Access (mean of the two below)85.1%95% interval 80.7% to 88.3%84.9%95% interval 79.6% to 88.5%
Appointments within two weeks of booking88.3%95% interval 81.8% to 92.6%, 2,097 appointments85.2%95% interval 76.1% to 91.2%, 1,296 appointments
Calls answered by the practice81.8%95% interval 75.9% to 86.5%, 4,280 calls84.5%95% interval 79.2% to 88.6%, 4,771 calls
More survey questions (not part of the rating)
Getting through on the phone52.6%95% interval 39.0% to 65.8%, 98 answers84.5%95% interval 79.6% to 88.4%, 121 answers
Reception and admin team86.3%95% interval 74.5% to 93.1%, 103 answers93.9%95% interval 90.3% to 96.2%, 120 answers
Having a preferred professional32.5%95% interval 21.4% to 46.0%, 103 answers23.5%95% interval 18.8% to 29.0%, 122 answers
Seeing your preferred professionalNot shown: fewer than 30 answers30.0%95% interval 20.4% to 41.7%, 33 answers
Knowing the next step85.4%95% interval 73.2% to 92.5%, 101 answers91.6%95% interval 87.5% to 94.5%, 115 answers
Contacting the practice72.8%95% interval 59.7% to 82.9%, 105 answers82.9%95% interval 77.9% to 87.0%, 121 answers
Wait for an appointment71.3%95% interval 56.6% to 82.6%, 86 answers79.1%95% interval 73.6% to 83.7%, 114 answers
Being listened to89.5%95% interval 78.1% to 95.4%, 99 answers89.0%95% interval 84.6% to 92.2%, 120 answers
Care and concern87.7%95% interval 75.9% to 94.2%, 99 answers89.9%95% interval 85.6% to 93.0%, 120 answers
Confidence and trust93.8%95% interval 83.6% to 97.8%, 99 answers92.1%95% interval 88.1% to 94.8%, 119 answers
Involvement in decisions92.9%95% interval 82.2% to 97.4%, 96 answers97.0%95% interval 94.1% to 98.5%, 115 answers
Needs met89.0%95% interval 77.5% to 95.0%, 100 answers95.9%95% interval 92.8% to 97.7%, 120 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the rating)
Babies at 8 months93.0%95% interval 85.6% to 96.8%, 86 patients89.6%95% interval 77.8% to 95.5%, 48 patients
Children at 18 months85.1%95% interval 76.1% to 91.1%, 87 patients94.0%95% interval 83.8% to 97.9%, 50 patients
Children at 5 years87.2%95% interval 79.0% to 92.5%, 94 patients88.7%95% interval 77.4% to 94.7%, 53 patients
Women aged 25 to 4974.7%95% interval 72.5% to 76.8%, 1,542 patients73.2%95% interval 70.4% to 75.8%, 1,018 patients
Women aged 50 to 6476.4%95% interval 73.4% to 79.1%, 863 patients72.9%95% interval 69.0% to 76.5%, 546 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the rating)
Registered patients9,795August 20265,773August 2026
Primary care networkGateshead East PCNGateshead East PCN
Phone0191 46921730191 4692337
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)No results for June 2026No results for June 2026
Appointments (one month)4,682 in August 2026Same day 55.0%; face to face 44.3%2,906 in August 2026Same day 55.8%; face to face 78.6%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.61England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.97England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)6.6 qualified permanent9.8 including trainees and locums1,494 patients per permanent GP3.1 qualified permanent4.1 including trainees and locums1,884 patients per permanent GP
CQC rating (a separate source)GoodGood

“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s 95% interval lies wholly above every other practice’s here. When the intervals overlap, the survey cannot tell the practices apart and nobody is pointed out. A practice never gets a mark for being lower.

The Practice score 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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The Practice score 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 the rating works.

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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