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Compare GP practices side by side
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
Murton Medical Centre’s Practice Grade is clearly higher than The New Seaham Medical Group’s: its likely range lies wholly above.
| Measure | Murton Medical CentreSR7 9AB× | The New Seaham Medical GroupSR7 8DY× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 92.3likely range 85.4 to 95.486 survey answersClearly higher | 77.2likely range 72.1 to 81.595 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: clearly above the England average | Patients: cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 92.7%likely range 83.0% to 97.1%, 86 answers | 77.6%likely range 70.7% to 83.3%, 95 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 91.1%likely range 87.9% to 93.2%Clearly higher | 76.2%likely range 70.0% to 81.2% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 96.3%likely range 92.4% to 98.2%, 2,765 appointmentsClearly higher | 69.3%likely range 58.8% to 78.1%, 1,289 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 85.8%likely range 80.8% to 89.6%, 5,085 calls | 83.0%likely range 76.4% to 88.0%, 3,304 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 80.1%likely range 67.7% to 88.5%, 83 answers | 73.7%likely range 66.4% to 79.9%, 92 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 92.3%likely range 82.4% to 96.8%, 86 answers | 89.5%likely range 83.7% to 93.4%, 90 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.2%likely range 16.5% to 39.0%, 84 answers | 28.2%likely range 21.9% to 35.5%, 95 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 86.6%likely range 75.3% to 93.1%, 85 answers | 84.7%likely range 78.4% to 89.5%, 92 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 88.6%likely range 77.9% to 94.5%, 86 answers | 80.1%likely range 73.3% to 85.6%, 92 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 77.7%likely range 65.0% to 86.8%, 81 answers | 66.9%likely range 59.1% to 73.9%, 87 answers |
| Being listened to | 93.0%likely range 83.3% to 97.3%, 85 answers | 83.4%likely range 76.9% to 88.4%, 93 answers |
| Care and concern | 91.7%likely range 81.6% to 96.5%, 85 answers | 84.9%likely range 78.6% to 89.6%, 93 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 95.1%likely range 86.1% to 98.4%, 85 answers | 88.0%likely range 82.1% to 92.1%, 94 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 93.2%likely range 83.4% to 97.4%, 84 answers | 89.1%likely range 83.3% to 93.0%, 92 answers |
| Needs met | 93.9%likely range 84.5% to 97.8%, 85 answers | 85.4%likely range 79.1% to 90.0%, 93 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.8%likely range 88.3% to 98.6%, 71 patients | 92.7%likely range 80.6% to 97.5%, 41 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 92.1%likely range 83.8% to 96.3%, 76 patients | 87.2%likely range 73.3% to 94.4%, 39 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 94.8%likely range 85.9% to 98.2%, 58 patients | 97.8%likely range 88.4% to 99.6%, 45 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 76.5%likely range 73.9% to 78.9%, 1,111 patients | 72.3%likely range 69.0% to 75.3%, 793 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 74.6%likely range 71.3% to 77.7%, 710 patients | 72.8%likely range 68.6% to 76.7%, 453 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,305August 2026 | 4,619August 2026 |
| Primary care network | North Easington PCN | North Easington PCN |
| Phone | 0191 5170170 | 0191 5817661 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 98.4% good or very good257 answers, June 2026 | 88.8% good or very good107 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,554 in August 2026Same day 42.3%; face to face 80.1% | 2,851 in August 2026Same day 28.9%; face to face 90.3% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 1.01England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.82England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.3 qualified permanent5.3 including trainees and locums1,705 patients per permanent GP | 1.4 qualified permanent2.2 including trainees and locums3,337 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“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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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.