Dr Jude's Practice - Riverside & Picton, Liverpool: patient reviews and CQC rating

Dr Jude's Practice - Riverside & Picton is a GP practice in Liverpool with 9,193 registered patients (September 2026). In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 65% of its patients described their overall experience as good, below the England figure of 77% (Cheshire and Merseyside: 78%). The Care Quality Commission rates it Requires Improvement overall, in a report published in March 2023. It has 1.2 full-time-equivalent qualified GPs, or 7,922 patients per GP.

Latest data: September 2026. Patient survey 2026; registered patients September 2026; appointments to August 2026.

What patients say about Dr Jude's Practice - Riverside & Picton

Its best result against England is the share who said the wait for their last appointment was about right: 71%, against 69% across England. Its weakest is the share who found it easy to contact the practice through its website: 41%, below the England figure of 58%. Of the 11 results in the table, 0 are above England and 4 below by more than the survey's margin of error, and 7 within it.

On overall experience it is 104th of the 121 practices in Liverpool with 50 or more responses. 41% found it easy to get through by phone (England: 57%). The overall experience result is 2 points higher than in 2025 (63%). 94 patients answered the survey (response rate 11%).

Survey questionDr Jude's Practice - Riverside & PictonCheshire and MerseysideEngland
Overall experience good65%78%77%
Easy to contact by phone41%57%57%
Easy to contact via the website41%55%58%
Easy to contact via the NHS App51%53%54%
Reception team helpful79%86%85%
Last contact good58%73%73%
Wait for appointment about right71%73%69%
Listened to well82%89%87%
Treated with care and concern84%87%86%
Confidence and trust in the clinician89%93%93%
Needs met84%91%90%

In the Friends and Family Test for July 2026, 91% of 47 responses rated the practice good or very good (England: 92%).

CQC's overall rating for Dr Jude's Practice - Riverside & Picton is Requires Improvement, published in March 2023. 2 key questions are rated differently: Safe Good and Well-led Good. It held the same rating in the report before (June 2022).

Key questionRating
SafeGood
Well-ledGood
CaringRequires Improvement
ResponsiveRequires Improvement
EffectiveRequires Improvement

9,193 patients were registered at Dr Jude's Practice - Riverside & Picton in September 2026, down 3.0% on a year earlier (England: down 1.1%).

8% of its patients are aged 65 or over, against 19% across England. With 1.2 full-time-equivalent qualified GPs, there are 7,922 patients per GP, more than the England figure of 2,171 and Cheshire and Merseyside's 1,971. The practice also has 5.0 nurses and 3.0 other clinical staff such as pharmacists and physiotherapists (full-time equivalent).

YearQualified GPs (FTE)All GPs incl. trainees (FTE)
August 20232.02.0
August 20242.02.0
August 20251.21.2
August 20261.21.2

From June 2026 to August 2026 the practice recorded 4,427 appointments a month, or 482 per 1,000 registered patients (England: 510). 63% were face to face (England: 63%). 44% took place on the day they were booked and 1% more than 28 days after booking (England: 45% and 5%).

39% were with a GP rather than another member of the practice team. 11% of booked patients did not attend.

MeasureDr Jude's Practice - Riverside & PictonCheshire and MerseysideEngland
Appointments per 1,000 patients a month482492510
Face to face63%60%63%
Same day as booked44%48%45%
More than 28 days after booking1%4%5%
Did not attend11%5%4%

Compared with England, the practice has a higher share of patients on its registers for COPD (2.5% against 1.9%). It has a lower share for osteoporosis (0.1% against 1.2%), dementia (0.2% against 0.8%) and heart failure (0.5% against 1.1%). The practice's patients live in areas with an average deprivation score of 48.9 (England: 21.8; higher is more deprived).

Life expectancy for its patients' neighbourhoods is 78.8 years for women and 74.2 for men (England: 83.0 and 79.1).

Condition registerAge groupPractice (2024/25)England
Depression18+ yrs17.0%14.3%
High blood pressureAll ages9.9%15.2%
Diabetes17+ yrs7.2%7.9%
Asthma6+ yrs4.4%6.6%
Chronic kidney disease18+ yrs3.9%4.6%
COPDAll ages2.5%1.9%
Coronary heart diseaseAll ages2.2%3.0%
CancerAll ages1.7%3.8%
Serious mental illnessAll ages1.2%1.0%
Stroke and TIAAll ages1.0%1.9%
Atrial fibrillationAll ages1.0%2.2%
Palliative careAll ages0.8%0.6%
Epilepsy18+ yrs0.6%0.8%
Heart failureAll ages0.5%1.1%
Rheumatoid arthritis16+ yrs0.5%0.8%
Learning disabilityAll ages0.4%0.6%
Peripheral arterial diseaseAll ages0.4%0.6%
DementiaAll ages0.2%0.8%
Osteoporosis50+ yrs0.1%1.2%
Screening coveragePeriodPracticeEngland
Bowel cancer screening (aged 60 to 74)2024/2557.7%72.9%
Breast cancer screening (women aged 53 to 70)2024/2558.0%72.2%
Cervical screening (women aged 25 to 49)2023/2452.1%67.5%
Cervical screening (women aged 50 to 64)2023/2456.7%74.9%

42% of the practice's patients live in the L8 postcode district, followed by L15 (22%), L7 (15%) and L17 (4%). 99% live in Liverpool, the council area the practice is in.

Postcode districtRegistered patientsShare
L83,89042%
L152,05622%
L71,42815%
L173324%
L63023%
L131752%
L11532%
L191341%

Dr Jude's Practice - Riverside & Picton, Park Street, Liverpool, L8 6QP. Phone: 0151 295 9213. Website: www.drjuderiversideandpicton.nhs.uk.

Nearby practiceDistanceOverall experience good
GP Practice at Riverside0.0 km59%
Dingle Park Practice0.0 km72%
Park Road Group Practice1.1 km81%
St James Health Centre1.4 km82%
Princes Park Health Centre1.5 km92%

How do patients rate Dr Jude's Practice - Riverside & Picton?

In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 65% of patients described their overall experience of Dr Jude's Practice - Riverside & Picton as good, below the England figure of 77%. 41% found it easy to get through by phone.

How many patients are registered at Dr Jude's Practice - Riverside & Picton?

9,193 patients were registered in September 2026, down 3.0% on a year earlier.

What is Dr Jude's Practice - Riverside & Picton's CQC rating?

Requires Improvement overall, published in March 2023.

How many GPs does Dr Jude's Practice - Riverside & Picton have?

1.2 full-time-equivalent qualified GPs (2 qualified GPs by headcount), which is 7,922 patients per GP against 2,171 across England.

Are appointments at Dr Jude's Practice - Riverside & Picton face to face?

63% of appointments from June 2026 to August 2026 were face to face, against 63% across England.

What is Dr Jude's Practice - Riverside & Picton's phone number?

0151 295 9213.

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