If you’re unhappy with the care provided you should change GP, but where are the best doctors in Liverpool?

The image above shows what percentage of patients would recommend the care and treatment provided at each GP surgery.  The higher the percentage the greater the recommendation level.  All information comes from the NHS in England.  Full details can be found on our Best Doctor Near Me page.

Who are the Top Rated GPs in Liverpool

As the table above shows four GP Practices received a 100% rating from patients.  This means that all responses to the NHS friends and family test show patients they were highly likely or likely to recommend the GP.  The responses were received in the six months up to and including March 2017.

These four GP surgeries were in the Sefton Park, Great George Square, Knotty Ash and Poulter Road areas.  Within the L17, L1, L14 and L9 postcodes respectively.

A further 11 practices listed all had very positive scores of 95% or above.  Three of these were in the L13 area and two in the L9 area.

These postcode areas may be relatively far from your home or work address.  There are alternate ways to find the best doctor in your area as shown below.

How Can I find the Best Doctor in my Area?

If you’re unsure how to find the best doctor in your area then the free tool on our Best Doctor in my Town  page can help.

On this page you can choose a town or a postcode close to your home or work.  This tool includes over 7,000 GP Practices.  The free tool is linked to a range of NHS information and rates how good doctors are in your area.

This article focusses on the Liverpool area, but you can compare doctors for the whole of England.  The same principles apply if you live in Manchester, Bristol, London or Birmingham.

Full details showing how to use this page can be found on our Best Doctor in my Town page.

How Can I Compare Doctors for High Blood Pressure Management

Using the Best Doctor in my Town page allows you to Compare Doctors for High Blood Pressure Management.  All of us have different conditions requiring specific treatments.  If High Blood Pressure Management is important to you can find the best doctors.

Go to the Best doctor in my town page.  Enter the town or post code you are interested in.  Then in the ‘Metric Group’ choose ‘Managing long term conditions’.  In the ‘sort by’ box choose ‘High Blood Pressure Management’ and click ‘update results’.

For the blood pressure management intervention a higher number is better.  The GP Practices with the higher percentage could be the best doctors for closely managing high blood pressure.

How Can I Change Doctors if I’m Unhappy

You should not accept low quality healthcare, it is possible to change doctors if you are unhappy.

Our How to Change GP page provides an overview of how to do this.  An NHS patient in England can change practices if they are unhappy with your treatment.  You can also change if the opening times or unacceptable, you have moved home or other reasons.

It is important to find a Doctor you will be happy with.  The information on this page could help with this.

Once you have found a GP to move to you can try and register with that surgery.

The new surgery can decide if it is appropriate to accept you as a patient.

Conclusion:  Where are the Best Doctors in Liverpool?

There is no single answer to where are the best doctors in Liverpool.  This article shows how patients rate practices in the area with NHS data published in March 2017.  The free tool on our Best Doctor in my Town page shows how you can compare over 7,000 English GP Practices.  This tool lets you compare for criteria that are important to you.  The example provided shows how to find the best doctors for High Blood Pressure Management near you.

Once you have identified high rating GP surgeries for your needs you can apply to join their list.

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