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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.
Comparison
Throckley Primary Care Centre and Newburn 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.
| Measure | Throckley Primary Care CentreNE15 9PA× | Newburn SurgeryNE15 8LX× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 76.2likely range 70.2 to 81.2112 survey answers | 73.9likely range 68.2 to 78.6106 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 | 74.9%likely range 66.4% to 81.9%, 112 answers | 76.7%likely range 69.0% to 82.9%, 106 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 79.1%likely range 75.5% to 82.1%Clearly higher | 67.3%likely range 60.8% to 72.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 90.2%likely range 85.7% to 93.4%, 3,493 appointmentsClearly higher | 76.8%likely range 70.3% to 82.3%, 2,840 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | 67.9%likely range 62.4% to 72.9%, 6,197 calls | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 67.7%likely range 58.6% to 75.6%, 107 answers | 73.4%likely range 65.5% to 80.1%, 105 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 79.6%likely range 71.3% to 86.0%, 108 answers | 86.5%likely range 79.7% to 91.3%, 103 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 37.4%likely range 29.2% to 46.4%, 112 answers | 36.4%likely range 28.8% to 44.7%, 105 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | 43.2%likely range 29.2% to 58.4%, 40 answers | 55.0%likely range 40.7% to 68.6%, 36 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 80.4%likely range 72.0% to 86.7%, 105 answers | 87.9%likely range 81.3% to 92.4%, 102 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 77.4%likely range 68.9% to 84.0%, 110 answers | 71.6%likely range 63.4% to 78.5%, 103 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 76.3%likely range 67.3% to 83.4%, 99 answers | 55.8%likely range 46.7% to 64.6%, 88 answers |
| Being listened to | 84.3%likely range 76.4% to 89.9%, 107 answers | 87.5%likely range 80.7% to 92.1%, 100 answers |
| Care and concern | 79.9%likely range 71.6% to 86.3%, 107 answers | 84.3%likely range 77.1% to 89.5%, 101 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 88.5%likely range 81.3% to 93.2%, 106 answers | 92.9%likely range 87.2% to 96.2%, 101 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 87.3%likely range 79.7% to 92.4%, 101 answers | 91.7%likely range 85.5% to 95.4%, 96 answers |
| Needs met | 84.5%likely range 76.7% to 90.0%, 107 answers | 83.2%likely range 76.0% to 88.6%, 103 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 89.0%likely range 80.4% to 94.1%, 82 patients | 98.5%likely range 91.9% to 99.7%, 66 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 92.8%likely range 85.1% to 96.6%, 83 patients | 91.7%likely range 83.0% to 96.1%, 72 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 91.8%likely range 84.0% to 96.0%, 85 patients | 92.0%likely range 81.2% to 96.8%, 50 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 77.1%likely range 74.7% to 79.3%, 1,335 patients | 73.1%likely range 70.4% to 75.6%, 1,111 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 77.3%likely range 73.9% to 80.4%, 635 patients | 70.1%likely range 66.1% to 73.8%, 532 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 7,883August 2026 | 6,338August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Newcastle Outer West PCN | Newcastle Outer West PCN |
| Phone | 0191 2641014 | 0191 2290090 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 94.6% good or very good56 answers, June 2026 | 96.2% good or very good157 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 4,794 in August 2026Same day 43.5%; face to face 46.3% | 3,761 in August 2026Same day 53.6%; face to face 91.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.78England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.19England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 4.7 qualified permanent7.4 including trainees and locums1,690 patients per permanent GP | 4.2 qualified permanent6.3 including trainees and locums1,502 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.