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. 
Best GP?
- Thread starter Thumbelina
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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!
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.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.
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.
Good docs, pleasant receptionists, very professional nursing team(and I speak with a background of nursing).....all in all a great practice.
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?
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
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
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.
as you well know.
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.
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.
Which surgery Margaret? The Ossy or the Accy Vic one? Thanks
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.
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.
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.
Pretend it's a lottery go on hope, if you actually get an appointment you've done better than most.
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.
Thanks Margaret. 
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.
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.