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Village Medical Group and Npc Cramlington 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.
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, so a bigger number alone never gets a mark here. How we grade.
| Measure | Village Medical GroupNE23 6US× | Npc CramlingtonNE23 6QN× |
|---|---|---|
| Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data) | ||
| Practice Grade | 92.0likely range 81.4 to 95.487 survey answers | 83.8likely range 79.6 to 86.9106 survey answers |
| Label (against the England average) | Patients: clearly above the England average | Patients: clearly above the England average |
| Patients who describe the practice as good | 93.3%likely range 78.3% to 98.2%, 87 answers | 91.4%likely range 86.5% to 94.7%, 106 answers |
| Access (mean of the two below) | 88.8%likely range 85.2% to 90.0%Clearly higher | 66.0%likely range 57.7% to 72.8% |
| Appointments within two weeks of booking | 98.3%likely range 94.7% to 99.5%, 2,278 appointmentsClearly higher | 75.5%likely range 67.2% to 82.3%, 1,863 appointments |
| Calls answered by the practice | Not in the grade: no phone data | Not in the grade: no phone data |
| More survey questions (not part of the grade) | ||
| Getting through on the phone | 79.0%likely range 61.2% to 90.0%, 86 answers | 86.4%likely range 80.5% to 90.7%, 101 answers |
| Reception and admin team | 94.5%likely range 79.9% to 98.7%, 87 answers | 95.5%likely range 91.4% to 97.7%, 103 answers |
| Having a preferred professional | 26.2%likely range 13.7% to 44.3%, 87 answers | 30.0%likely range 23.8% to 37.0%, 106 answers |
| Seeing your preferred professional | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers | Not shown: fewer than 30 answers |
| Knowing the next step | 89.9%likely range 73.5% to 96.6%, 84 answers | 91.5%likely range 86.4% to 94.8%, 101 answers |
| Contacting the practice | 88.8%likely range 72.4% to 96.0%, 86 answers | 89.0%likely range 83.6% to 92.7%, 105 answers |
| Wait for an appointment | 87.9%likely range 70.4% to 95.7%, 79 answers | 93.2%likely range 88.3% to 96.1%, 97 answers |
| Being listened to | 96.8%likely range 83.2% to 99.5%, 87 answers | 90.7%likely range 85.6% to 94.1%, 105 answers |
| Care and concern | 95.5%likely range 81.1% to 99.0%, 86 answers | 91.4%likely range 86.4% to 94.7%, 105 answers |
| Confidence and trust | 96.9%likely range 83.3% to 99.5%, 87 answers | 95.5%likely range 91.4% to 97.7%, 104 answers |
| Involvement in decisions | 94.5%likely range 79.6% to 98.7%, 84 answers | 98.4%likely range 95.1% to 99.5%, 95 answers |
| Needs met | 99.0%likely range 86.4% to 99.9%, 86 answers | 98.8%likely range 95.8% to 99.6%, 104 answers |
| Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade) | ||
| Babies at 8 months | 95.3%likely range 88.6% to 98.2%, 86 patients | 95.5%likely range 84.9% to 98.7%, 44 patients |
| Children at 18 months | 94.8%likely range 89.2% to 97.6%, 116 patients | 95.3%likely range 84.5% to 98.7%, 43 patients |
| Children at 5 years | 94.7%likely range 88.9% to 97.5%, 113 patients | 84.6%likely range 72.5% to 92.0%, 52 patients |
| Women aged 25 to 49 | 75.6%likely range 73.6% to 77.5%, 1,884 patients | 77.9%likely range 75.0% to 80.6%, 852 patients |
| Women aged 50 to 64 | 79.1%likely range 76.6% to 81.4%, 1,077 patients | 78.5%likely range 74.3% to 82.2%, 419 patients |
| Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade) | ||
| Registered patients | 11,966August 2026 | 5,537August 2026 |
| Primary care network | Cramlington Seaton Valley PCN | Northumbria PCN |
| Phone | 01670 712821 | 01670 713911 |
| Friends and Family Test (its own feedback) | 97.3% good or very good519 answers, June 2026 | 96.5% good or very good226 answers, June 2026 |
| Appointments (one month) | 6,881 in August 2026Same day 43.7%; face to face 68.3% | 3,154 in August 2026Same day 38.7%; face to face 79.6% |
| Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year) | 0.99England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 | 1.20England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026 |
| GPs (full-time equivalent) | 8.3 qualified permanent13.7 including trainees and locums1,436 patients per permanent GP | 1.9 qualified permanent3.0 including trainees and locums2,919 patients per permanent GP |
| CQC rating (a separate source) | Good | Good |
“Clearly higher” appears only when a practice’s whole margin of error lies above every other practice’s here. When the margins 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.
2026 GP Patient Survey: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/
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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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