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Can anyone recommend a good GP please? Since Myrtle Houe was taken over it has declined. I have a few conditions so any recommendation welcome thanks. :)

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I am with Rhyddings Surgery in Oswaldtwistle and have always found them really good. You can usually get an appointment the same day if its urgent. I highly recommend Dr. Prout (lady doctor) and Dr. Smith, they're both very good as well as the other practice GP's. The nurses are really nice and have worked there a long time and the receptionists are lovely too. Hope this helps!

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Myrtle house has definately declined. My mother who is housebound rang loads of time over the last fortnight to speak to a doctor to be told the doctor would ring back after consultations. Dr. Manuel always rang back. She was after a home visit from Specsavers audiologist. You can only have an home visit if they get a letter from your doctor. She got an appointment to go to the shop instead of an home visit.

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Can't argue wi that, Have been wi them for approx 12 months, since we moved up ossy, I found a massive difference between em and my last one.By the way i went to see the nurse this week, and was amazed she actually explained everything to me! That was a first.

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Yes, I think the Rhyddings Surgery must be the top one locally.
Good docs, pleasant receptionists, very professional nursing team(and I speak with a background of nursing).....all in all a great practice.

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Thank you for your responses. I shall look into the Ossy one. Does anyone have any experience with GP's at Accrington Victoria Health Access Centre?

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Yes i had to go a couple of times when i was at the "Pals" and couldn't get an appointment, which i needed that day, No complaints at all from me, had a small wait, but was seen within the hour.:)

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the accy vic doctors are excellent infact many have left peel house / pals center to go there including most of teh reception staff from peel house/ pals

basically if you want to live go anywhere except peel house medical center at accy pals

if you dont die waiting for an appointment their failure to diagnose correctly will finish you off

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I certainly wouldn't recommend Myrtle House either. Dr Dixon was fantastic and my Doctor for years. I am Afraid the new Doctors are judgemental, rude and don't listen. I have an ongoing health issue at the moment that needs attention. I just need a Doctor like Dr Dixon was, one that listens.

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Whenever that question gets asks us folk at the Cornerstone Practice (Rhyddings Surgery) are always quick to say we think they are the best around

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Well it must be Neil, cos i'd soon say crap if it was.;) as you well know.:D

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I take my dear old Ma to this surgery and it is a delight.....no sour faced miserable receptionists who look at you like you are something they accidentally trod in on the way to work.
The Docs treat my mum like she is their mum...they listen to her concerns and they don't make her feel rushed or flustered.
This practice makes Pals/ Peel House look like a badly run jumble sale.

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Which surgery Margaret? The Ossy or the Accy Vic one? Thanks :)

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The Ossy one.
Haven't had the need to use the one at Accy Vic(thank goodness).
Ma has never failed to get an appointment at the Rhyddings practice.
Last year she had some unexplained bleeding.....I rang the surgery and they told me to bring her in right away.....she was seen by a doc and dispatched off to hospital within an hour.
You wouldn't get that at Pals.

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The best G.P. is the one that will live forever, most of them recommend a life style they don't do themselves then refer us to someone that may have a little more knowledge than they have.
Pretend it's a lottery go on hope, if you actually get an appointment you've done better than most.

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Hi My family have been with Peel House for over 30years - They have been very good. My Mum recently changed to them and was amazed by the high standard of care she got compared with the practice that she left. There is a good pool of Doctors and think they are all good. They don't always get it right but Im very happy with them and have no problem recommending them.

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Thanks Margaret. 😊

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I have had recent experience of a couple of appointments at Accy Vic walk in surgery when I couldn't get an appointment at Myrtle House. I'm not a regular visitor to the Doctors and only go when forced. The surgery at the Vic was clean, the receptionists efficient, the surgery was very busy but on both occasions I was seen within the hour. The GPs were friendly and thorough.

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Well i'm 67 next week and have all my life been with Avenue Parade, till it closed and Peel House opened with them when they moved to the Pals, uptill then was always pretty good, I moved to the Pals with them and then it went downhill rapidly. My own Doc retired about 2/3 yrs back, and despite quite a few trips to the docs, I "NEVER" saw him once at the Pals, some of the receptionists musta had relatives who worked at Belsen, I only left 12 months back due to moving house and its the best thing i ever did. In general there is a good pool of doctors i agree, The problem is seeing one, when you actually need to.

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My GP is based at Clayton Medical Centre & as a rule you can always get in to see a doctor on the day you ring - granted you have to start trying to get through at 8 a.m but have seldom been unable to make an appointment

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It isn't making an appointment that is an issue. It is how you are treated once there that is my issue. It is no good getting in the same day if the GP is rude. I would sooner wait a week to see a decent GP than a day to see one that treats you like you have two heads.

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Thats all well and good Thumbelina, But if you need to see one urgent, A weeks no use at all.

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You can only speak as you find.
My experiences of Pals mirror those reported by Cashy.

I rarely go to the doctors, in fact I avoid them like the plague, but when I have needed to see a doctor it has been very difficult to get an appointment.
You never get to see the same doctor so there is a lack of continuity of care....and there is always the feeling that you need to hurry up because the next patient needs to be seen.
This has never been the case when I take my mum to see the doctor at the Rhyddings surgery.

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? should surgeries inform you when they change your GP
I joined Peelhouse in 2008 and was placed under a doctor, I have been to Peelhouse about 5 times since that date, I have never seen that doctor and on looking at the current panel my doctors name does not appear,

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You could ask the practice...although you rarely see the doctor you are registered to anyway....you don't see the same doctor every time.
And if your GP was Dr Woodcock..he has retired.

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No it wasn't Dr. Woodcock Margaret it was Dr. Halstead, (from memory, when I joined they had about 12 Doctors at the practice), they list only 6 Doctors now,

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That was my Doc, a real good un in my view, Never once seen him since he moved from avenue parade,apart from a couple of times in the Arndale.:D I went one time and specifically asked to see him, to be told he has retired,

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Yes Cashy....he was my GP too.....I only saw him once and that was because I asked to see him... I had to wait three weeks for an appointment with him.
Good job it was for routine tests and not something urgent.
He was a very good GP...He worked with me at QPH.

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I listen to radio 4 quite a lot, and recently the subject of the GP shortage was discussed.
It transpires that many GPs are retiring early because their pension scheme makes it more advantageous to do so.

It was something to do with reaching the 'pension pot maximum', which due to their high earnings was achieved earlier than most people do.. Any contributions after that, though compulsory, aren't worth making. There is also the factor that they are being moved from a 'final salary scheme' onto an 'average salary scheme'.

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I am going to give the Ossy one a ring and ask how long it takes. Is there any specific one at Ossy that is good, or are they all decent?

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They are all good docs at the practice.
Samantha Prout is excellent and I would choose her or Graham Smith.
This is only because I worked with Dr Prout and I know Dr Smith from the fact that he looks after Ma(in an exemplary way)

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Thanks Margaret. Much appreciated.

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They're both really good doctors and are the ones I prefer though they're all very good.

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Looks like we cannot register at the Ossy practice :( We are 1.4 miles away and the receptionist said it is out the catchment area but she is asking. Waiting for the call.

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They are usually full as well I think

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this site may help
Search Results - NHS Choices

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Had an appointment with Deena at myrtle house yesterday
Told her about this and the other thread
She said the other nurse ratchel was leaving next week
So that's yet another nurse gone

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Have you had the paper work yet about extra hours at Myrtle House and online appointments? My wife was handed them when she picked up a prescription yesterday.

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Internet access is not operating at that surgery yet

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Rachel leaving? I don't think there are many originals left.

Still waiting for call back, been a week now almost. I am in a bit of a situation, so need things to get moving. Hopefully they may ring today.

I have never been treated so rudely as I have with a specific GP at Myrtle House - I won't single out the GP, but I will be taking the matter further as soon as I can.

Doctor Dixon treated me for 20 years - and was fantastic - I think he would be very disappointed to learn my situation and the current downhill trend.

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I rang twice last week to speak to a doctor and on both occasions I was rung back after morning surgery.

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I changed my GP when Dr Manuel retired.
I moved house in 2013 and so was able to join Gt Harwood medical practice.
Last friday night I requested a home visit, using email - she arrived midday Monday - fast response!
Last July they visited same day - excellent service.
They have online services which I am in the process of signing up to.

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I guess I am going to have to try Accy Vic since no other Doctors have been mentioned here.

There is a new thing where you can now register at any surgery you want, the boundaries are not a limiting factor anymore - however the surgery has to agree to it. It came into force January this year.

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Accy Vic is very good i found when i had to use it a couple of times.:)

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They are not taking on new patients at Accy Vic :( Crikey, not my day. Anyone know anything about Dr Bello?

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Try just going up yon n asking to see a doc, thats what i did, i never asked to be taken on.

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Yeah will do, but need a permanent solution. I will fill in a form and go on their waiting list though she cannot give a timescale. Thanks anyway.

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A couple of years ago I put my back out ...
I pulled the muscles each side of me spine and believe me it was very painful
I went to town on Monday just got off the bus and felt a twing in my back
By the time I got in M&S I was in a lot of pain and had to sit down
Thought about phoning wife to come and get me but It eased off so I carried on resting as much as I could got bus home.
But me back got worse and worse to the extent I can not move never mind walk
Tried to go to bed but took ages to get upstairs and there was no hard enough support for me back so came down and got a bit of sleep on settee.
Back still bad all day so when wife came home from work she helped me into a taxi and off to Accy vic waiting time was just over 1h 30mins but was in such pain I could not sit still
Finally got in to see the doc he checked me over then gave me a scrip for TRAMADOL
got taxi home and wife went to chemist near us that is open till 10pm
She got the pills and a couple of those heat pads still had to sleep on settee but got a couple of hours
Still in a lot of pain now but just have to put up with it for a while
The doc at Accy vic was nice and thorough but I was hoping he would inject my back
But nope
Just hope Accy vic call in stays open

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its an excellent service an dpractice but if anyone is thinking of switching be aware that people are trying to get it closed so you may find yourself in a worse position than you started with if services become restricted or vanish

they dont have a minor surgeries or treatment room which i would also consider if you need regualr treatments or dressings etc as you will have to go to another health center to have things done and be running between your doctor and the health center which are on opposite sides of town from each other

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Gee, just tried Dr Bello, guess what? They are only taking on outside their boundary! �� She asked current GP, I told her, then she said thy had had an influx of new patients wanting to register so he has stopped new local registrations unless patients outside the boundary! Blimey! I am running out of options ��