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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
Northdown & Dashwood Surgery and Bethesda Medical Centre 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.
| Measure | Northdown & Dashwood SurgeryCT9 2TR× | Bethesda Medical CentreCT9 3NR× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 76.4likely range 64.3 to 84.692 survey answers | 72.6likely range 56.6 to 83.9103 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Cannot be told apart from the England average | Cannot be told apart from the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 75.3%likely range 58.1% to 87.0%, 92 answers | 69.2%likely range 46.4% to 85.3%, 103 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 78.8%likely range 75.7% to 81.5% | 80.3%likely range 77.3% to 82.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 91.3%likely range 88.8% to 93.2%, 9,637 appointments | 90.6%likely range 86.4% to 93.6%, 3,894 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 66.1%likely range 60.6% to 71.3%, 6,193 calls | 69.9%likely range 65.5% to 74.0%, 9,231 calls |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 51.7%likely range 34.3% to 68.6%, 84 answers | 39.7%likely range 20.7% to 62.4%, 98 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 82.6%likely range 65.6% to 92.2%, 87 answers | 80.1%likely range 57.3% to 92.4%, 101 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 21.1%likely range 10.3% to 38.2%, 90 answers | 34.2%likely range 17.0% to 56.9%, 102 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | 39.2%likely range 12.8% to 73.9%, 36 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 75.8%likely range 58.2% to 87.6%, 88 answers | 81.3%likely range 57.9% to 93.2%, 96 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 73.8%likely range 56.1% to 86.1%, 89 answers | 70.4%likely range 47.3% to 86.3%, 100 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 72.9%likely range 54.5% to 85.8%, 82 answers | 67.3%likely range 42.6% to 85.2%, 86 answers |
| Being listened to | 83.9%likely range 67.1% to 93.0%, 88 answers | 85.5%likely range 62.8% to 95.4%, 97 answers |
| Care and concern | 85.2%likely range 68.6% to 93.8%, 88 answers | 85.8%likely range 63.3% to 95.5%, 98 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 87.5%likely range 71.3% to 95.2%, 87 answers | 89.8%likely range 67.7% to 97.4%, 96 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 96.4%likely range 81.7% to 99.4%, 78 answers | 85.8%likely range 62.7% to 95.6%, 94 answers |
| Needs met | 85.1%likely range 68.6% to 93.7%, 89 answers | 89.3%likely range 67.0% to 97.1%, 96 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 87.3%likely range 82.7% to 90.8%, 260 patients | 86.7%likely range 80.2% to 91.3%, 143 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 84.7%likely range 80.3% to 88.2%, 313 patients | 83.3%likely range 77.1% to 88.1%, 174 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 76.2%likely range 71.1% to 80.7%, 303 patients | 78.5%likely range 72.7% to 83.3%, 228 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 67.0%likely range 65.6% to 68.3%, 4,550 patients | 62.9%likely range 61.2% to 64.6%, 2,981 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 70.7%likely range 68.6% to 72.8%, 1,845 patients | 65.5%likely range 63.1% to 67.9%, 1,483 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 25,551August 2026 | 18,401August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Margate PCN | Margate PCN |
| Phone | 01843 231661 | 01843 209300 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 85.0% good or very good100 answers, June 2026 | 86.0% good or very good100 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 14,619 in August 2026Same day 63.1%; face to face 42.5% | 7,920 in August 2026Same day 35.1%; face to face 73.2% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.83England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 0.68England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 11.8 qualified permanent12.6 including trainees and locums2,173 patients per permanent GP | 10.8 qualified permanent12.6 including trainees and locums1,709 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.