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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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Mayfield Medical Group and Albert Road Surgery 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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MeasureMayfield Medical GroupNE32 5SE×Albert Road SurgeryNE32 5AG×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade81.7likely range 73.1 to 87.399 survey answers87.3likely range 84.7 to 89.4111 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 good82.9%likely range 70.8% to 90.7%, 99 answers88.2%likely range 85.4% to 90.6%, 111 answers
Access (mean of the two below)78.7%likely range 74.5% to 82.2%85.2%likely range 79.2% to 89.1%
Appointments within two weeks of booking82.6%likely range 76.3% to 87.5%, 2,707 appointments94.7%likely range 86.8% to 98.0%, 1,087 appointments
Calls answered by the practice74.7%likely range 69.0% to 79.7%, 5,217 calls75.6%likely range 66.6% to 82.7%, 2,225 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone58.6%likely range 45.0% to 71.0%, 94 answers68.4%likely range 64.5% to 72.1%, 108 answers
Reception and admin team84.2%likely range 72.2% to 91.7%, 97 answers91.6%likely range 89.0% to 93.6%, 109 answers
Having a preferred professional21.9%likely range 13.0% to 34.6%, 100 answers38.1%likely range 34.3% to 42.1%, 112 answers
Seeing your preferred professionalNot shown: fewer than 30 answers30.5%likely range 23.6% to 38.3%, 30 answers
Knowing the next step85.3%likely range 73.2% to 92.5%, 94 answers90.5%likely range 87.7% to 92.6%, 105 answers
Contacting the practice78.3%likely range 65.5% to 87.2%, 98 answers79.3%likely range 75.8% to 82.4%, 110 answers
Wait for an appointment68.5%likely range 54.4% to 79.8%, 88 answers81.0%likely range 77.4% to 84.0%, 102 answers
Being listened to95.4%likely range 85.9% to 98.6%, 95 answers89.2%likely range 86.3% to 91.5%, 106 answers
Care and concern94.6%likely range 84.8% to 98.2%, 96 answers90.6%likely range 88.0% to 92.7%, 108 answers
Confidence and trust96.3%likely range 87.4% to 99.0%, 97 answers95.9%likely range 93.9% to 97.3%, 107 answers
Involvement in decisions95.7%likely range 86.1% to 98.7%, 92 answers95.7%likely range 93.6% to 97.1%, 103 answers
Needs met91.0%likely range 80.2% to 96.2%, 96 answers97.1%likely range 95.3% to 98.2%, 107 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months95.7%likely range 88.1% to 98.5%, 70 patients90.9%likely range 76.4% to 96.9%, 33 patients
Children at 18 months92.3%likely range 83.2% to 96.7%, 65 patients94.6%likely range 82.3% to 98.5%, 37 patients
Children at 5 years94.4%likely range 86.6% to 97.8%, 72 patients91.2%likely range 77.0% to 97.0%, 34 patients
Women aged 25 to 4972.0%likely range 69.5% to 74.3%, 1,380 patients78.9%likely range 75.4% to 82.1%, 569 patients
Women aged 50 to 6472.8%likely range 69.7% to 75.7%, 828 patients79.6%likely range 74.9% to 83.7%, 324 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients8,979August 20263,673August 2026
Primary care networkSouth Tyneside West PCNSouth Tyneside West PCN
Phone0191 48971830191 3009659
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)95.2% good or very good356 answers, June 202695.4% good or very good130 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)3,241 in August 2026Same day 38.4%; face to face 68.1%1,655 in August 2026Same day 33.3%; face to face 60.0%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)0.78England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.92England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)3.2 qualified permanent6.8 including trainees and locums2,791 patients per permanent GP1.9 qualified permanent2.6 including trainees and locums1,913 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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