Seeing the same GP

Seeing the same GP in Bolton 2026

Seeing the same GP or nurse over time is one of the best documented signs of good primary care. Here you see the share of patients with a preferred healthcare professional who see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time, per GP practice in Bolton (2026 GP Patient Survey), with the number of answers for each. The cards are ordered by the share; on an equal share the Practice Grade decides, and when both are exactly equal the practices share a place.

In Bolton, 30 of 49 practices had enough answers to be shown. The share who see their preferred professional runs from 10.8% to 71.1%, with 46.2% in the middle, from 1,196 answers in all.

Share who see their preferred professional, highest first

The figure is a survey answer, not a register count. It is asked only of patients who have a preferred professional, so it rests on fewer answers than the overall question, and its margin of error is wider; the practice page shows it. A practice with many older patients or patients with long-term conditions may have a higher share for that reason. Read it as a fact to ask about, not a verdict. 19 practices are left out because too few patients answered the question, or because they serve one group only.

Place 1
Edgworth Medical Centre
Practice Grade 91.4
71.1% of 37 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 2
Fig Tree Medical Practice
Practice Grade 76.4
69.8% of 47 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 3
Dr Rizwan and Dr Awan
Practice Grade 81.4
62.0% of 50 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 4
Farnworth Family Practice
Practice Grade 83.2
61.8% of 42 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 5
Crompton View Surgery
Practice Grade 89.3
61.7% of 36 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 6
Little Lever Health Centre 2
Practice Grade 76.6
60.4% of 47 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 7
The Alastair Ross Medical Practice
Practice Grade 69.8
60.4% of 37 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 8
Bradford Street Surgery
Practice Grade 89.0
56.0% of 31 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 9
Dr Sidda's Surgery, Waters Meeting HC
Practice Grade 76.6
55.9% of 36 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 10
Tonge Fold Health Centre
Practice Grade 87.1
52.9% of 30 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 11
Little Lever Health Centre 1
Practice Grade 85.3
49.8% of 39 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 12
Orient House Medical Centre
Practice Grade 86.9
49.5% of 43 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 13
Bromley Meadows Surgery
Practice Grade 86.3
48.9% of 36 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 14
Swan Lane Medical Centre
Practice Grade 82.6
47.3% of 57 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 15
Mandalay Medical Centre
Practice Grade 78.2
46.5% of 46 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 16
Halliwell Surgery 2
Practice Grade 86.7
45.9% of 33 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 17
Spring House Surgery
Practice Grade 80.4
45.2% of 31 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 18
Al Fal Medical Group
Practice Grade 66.5
45.0% of 58 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 19
Halliwell Surgery 3
Practice Grade 76.4
42.9% of 34 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 20
Pikes Lane 1
Practice Grade 85.8
42.3% of 40 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 21
Dr S Naseef
Practice Grade 92.5
39.6% of 40 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 22
Bolton Community Practice
Practice Grade 74.9
39.3% of 32 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 23
Wyresdale Road Surgery
Practice Grade 78.5
38.3% of 47 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 24
Harwood Medical Centre
Practice Grade 73.3
34.8% of 31 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 25
Kearsley Medical Centre
Practice Grade 81.8
31.2% of 38 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 26
Deane Clinic 1
Practice Grade 67.7
28.7% of 46 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 27
St Helens Road Practice
Practice Grade 86.1
27.4% of 32 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 28
Burnside Surgery
Practice Grade 82.1
26.1% of 50 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 29
The Dunstan Partnership
Practice Grade 82.2
22.3% of 38 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.
Place 30
Shanti Medical Centre
Practice Grade 75.0
10.8% of 32 patients with a preferred professional see or speak to them always, almost always or a lot of the time.

What the figure means, source and method

Seeing the same GP here means question 7 of the 2026 GP Patient Survey: of the patients who have a GP or other healthcare professional they prefer to see or speak to, the share who do so always, almost always or a lot of the time. It says how often patients get the person they prefer, not whether they are registered with a named GP.

A survey, not a count. Ipsos weights the answers and publishes each share with its margin of error and number of answers; we show a share only with at least the same number of answers as the Practice Grade needs.
Who the patients are matters. Practices with many older patients or patients with long-term conditions often have more patients with a preferred professional.
Not part of the Practice Grade. The share is shown as a fact beside the grade. The grade in the cards above rests as always on question 32 and NHS England’s appointment and phone data.

Source: 2026 GP Patient Survey, question 7: https://www.gp-patient.co.uk/. The Practice Grade rests on the GP Patient Survey and NHS England’s appointment and phone data.