Changing GP practice
Changing GP practice in Bolton 2026
Changing GP practice in England is free, and you do not have to tell your current practice: it is told once your new practice has registered you. Here are the 49 GP practices in Bolton, highest Practice Grade first, each with a link to its page on the NHS website, where it says how to register.
How to change, in three steps
- Compare the options. The list below orders the practices by the Practice Grade: what patients say in the 2026 GP Patient Survey together with how soon appointments take place and calls are answered. Want to weigh what matters most to you? Use Help me choose.
- Register online, in the NHS App or on paper. The link on each card goes to the practice’s page on the NHS website. Most practices let you register online; you can also fill in a paper form at the practice.
- Wait to hear back. You should be told when you have been registered, usually within 5 days of the practice getting your details.
A practice may refuse to register you if it is not accepting new patients, if you live outside its area, or if you have been removed from its list before; it must then write to you within 14 days. The whole process, step by step, is in the guide How to change your GP practice.
GP practices you can change to in Bolton, highest Practice Grade first
Practices without enough answers for a Practice Grade come last, A to Z. The links go to the NHS website; we are not a booking service and have no ties to the practices.
Dr S Naseef
Practice Grade 92.5Edgworth Medical Centre
Practice Grade 91.4Crompton View Surgery
Practice Grade 89.3Bradford Street Surgery
Practice Grade 89.0Tonge Fold Health Centre
Practice Grade 87.1Orient House Medical Centre
Practice Grade 86.9Halliwell Surgery 2
Practice Grade 86.7Bromley Meadows Surgery
Practice Grade 86.3St Helens Road Practice
Practice Grade 86.1Pikes Lane 1
Practice Grade 85.8Little Lever Health Centre 1
Practice Grade 85.3Cornerstone Surgery
Practice Grade 85.1Pike View, Dr Malhotra & Partners
Practice Grade 84.5Pike View, Dr Malhotra & Partners on the NHS website (nhs.uk)
Farnworth Family Practice
Practice Grade 83.2Bolton Medical Centre
Practice Grade 82.8Swan Lane Medical Centre
Practice Grade 82.6The Bolton Family Practice
Practice Grade 82.3Octagon Medical Centre
Practice Grade 82.2The Dunstan Partnership
Practice Grade 82.2Burnside Surgery
Practice Grade 82.1Spring View Medical Centre
Practice Grade 82.1Kearsley Medical Centre
Practice Grade 81.8Dr Rizwan and Dr Awan
Practice Grade 81.4Spring House Surgery
Practice Grade 80.4Deane Medical Centre
Practice Grade 79.2Dalefield Surgery
Practice Grade 79.0Heaton Medical Centre
Practice Grade 78.7Wyresdale Road Surgery
Practice Grade 78.5Olive Family Practice
Practice Grade 78.3Mandalay Medical Centre
Practice Grade 78.2Stable Fold Surgery
Practice Grade 77.9Kildonan House
Practice Grade 77.8Bolton General Practice
Practice Grade 77.4Stonehill Medical Centre
Practice Grade 77.4Dr Sidda's Surgery, Waters Meeting HC
Practice Grade 76.6Dr Sidda's Surgery, Waters Meeting HC on the NHS website (nhs.uk)
Little Lever Health Centre 2
Practice Grade 76.6Fig Tree Medical Practice
Practice Grade 76.4Halliwell Surgery 3
Practice Grade 76.4Great Lever One
Practice Grade 75.4Shanti Medical Centre
Practice Grade 75.0Bolton Community Practice
Practice Grade 74.9Unsworth Group Practice
Practice Grade 73.8The Oaks Family Practice
Practice Grade 73.4Harwood Medical Centre
Practice Grade 73.3Beehive Surgery
Practice Grade 72.53d Medical Centre
Practice Grade 72.0The Alastair Ross Medical Practice
Practice Grade 69.8The Alastair Ross Medical Practice on the NHS website (nhs.uk)
Deane Clinic 1
Practice Grade 67.7Al Fal Medical Group
Practice Grade 66.5
Good to know before you change
- You can register outside Bolton, for example near where you work, but not every practice accepts patients from outside its area, and it may affect home visits and community services. See all areas on GP practices by area.
- Away for a while? You can register with a practice as a temporary patient for up to 3 months without changing practice.
- If you have problems registering, the NHS website suggests contacting your local integrated care board, Citizens Advice or your local Healthwatch.
- We order by the Practice Grade. The grade weighs patients’ answers and access, and a practice gets one only with enough answers; each practice page shows how many answered.
Source: the NHS website, Register with a GP surgery (how to register), and the 2026 GP Patient Survey and NHS England’s appointment and phone data (the Practice Grade).