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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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Westbourne Medical Centre and Newlands 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.

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MeasureWestbourne Medical CentreTS3 6AL×Newlands Medical CentreTS1 3RX×
Practice Grade (the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS appointment and phone data)
Practice Grade80.3likely range 75.8 to 83.9114 survey answers79.6likely range 70.2 to 85.5106 survey answers
Label (against the England average)Cannot be told apart from the England averageCannot be told apart from the England average
Patients who describe the practice as good79.1%likely range 73.2% to 84.0%, 114 answers82.4%likely range 69.3% to 90.6%, 106 answers
Access (mean of the two below)82.9%likely range 77.4% to 86.7%72.8%likely range 67.0% to 77.4%
Appointments within two weeks of booking86.7%likely range 78.3% to 92.2%, 1,410 appointments76.6%likely range 66.5% to 84.3%, 1,285 appointments
Calls answered by the practice78.9%likely range 72.0% to 84.4%, 3,436 calls69.0%likely range 63.4% to 74.1%, 5,901 calls
More survey questions (not part of the grade)
Getting through on the phone71.0%likely range 64.5% to 76.8%, 110 answers59.8%likely range 45.5% to 72.6%, 102 answers
Reception and admin team87.1%likely range 81.9% to 91.0%, 111 answers89.7%likely range 78.0% to 95.6%, 106 answers
Having a preferred professional51.1%likely range 44.4% to 57.8%, 113 answers28.5%likely range 17.7% to 42.4%, 106 answers
Seeing your preferred professional60.9%likely range 50.9% to 70.0%, 53 answers61.2%likely range 36.9% to 80.9%, 35 answers
Knowing the next step86.1%likely range 80.5% to 90.3%, 103 answers82.8%likely range 69.4% to 91.1%, 100 answers
Contacting the practice82.8%likely range 77.0% to 87.4%, 108 answers77.6%likely range 63.9% to 87.1%, 105 answers
Wait for an appointment71.2%likely range 64.4% to 77.2%, 101 answers74.3%likely range 60.0% to 84.8%, 99 answers
Being listened to84.3%likely range 78.7% to 88.6%, 110 answers88.5%likely range 76.5% to 94.8%, 106 answers
Care and concern82.4%likely range 76.6% to 87.0%, 109 answers87.1%likely range 74.5% to 93.9%, 102 answers
Confidence and trust92.4%likely range 88.0% to 95.3%, 110 answers95.6%likely range 85.5% to 98.8%, 103 answers
Involvement in decisions91.3%likely range 86.6% to 94.4%, 108 answers91.9%likely range 80.3% to 96.9%, 99 answers
Needs met92.6%likely range 88.2% to 95.5%, 107 answers91.9%likely range 80.7% to 96.8%, 106 answers
Vaccinations and screening (NHS England QOF, not part of the grade)
Babies at 8 months86.4%likely range 76.1% to 92.7%, 66 patients82.2%likely range 73.6% to 88.4%, 101 patients
Children at 18 months77.2%likely range 64.8% to 86.2%, 57 patients70.4%likely range 59.7% to 79.2%, 81 patients
Children at 5 years65.0%likely range 52.4% to 75.8%, 60 patients83.3%likely range 73.5% to 90.0%, 78 patients
Women aged 25 to 4957.4%likely range 54.3% to 60.5%, 949 patients56.3%likely range 53.8% to 58.9%, 1,457 patients
Women aged 50 to 6464.2%likely range 59.7% to 68.5%, 447 patients62.1%likely range 58.5% to 65.7%, 700 patients
Facts (NHS England, not part of the grade)
Registered patients5,552August 20269,165August 2026
Primary care networkGreater Middlesbrough PCNGreater Middlesbrough PCN
Phone01642 27700001642 247029
Friends and Family Test (its own feedback)98.1% good or very good106 answers, June 202692.3% good or very good272 answers, June 2026
Appointments (one month)2,745 in August 2026Same day 39.8%; face to face 79.9%2,847 in August 2026Same day 42.1%; face to face 74.3%
Antibiotic items per STAR-PU (one year)1.22England 0.74, April 2025 to March 20260.69England 0.74, April 2025 to March 2026
GPs (full-time equivalent)3.6 qualified permanent3.6 including trainees and locums1,560 patients per permanent GP3.7 qualified permanent3.7 including trainees and locums2,448 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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