New Patient Registration

The Practice provides general medical services for patients within our practice boundary. New patients should check with reception to see if they fall within this area.

All UK residents have the right within the NHS to be registered with a doctor. We are pleased to register anyone who lives within the practice area. We will need the following information on the form.

• Full name, including previous names
• Date and place of birth
• Last address
• New address and post code
• Last name and address of your previous Doctor
• NHS number - if not known (it is not the same as your National Insurance number) enquire from your previous doctor before attending to register.

Registration Forms

You will need to complete an NHS (GMS1) Registration Form for each member of your household when you register in person.

You will need to print a separate form for each member of your household who wishes to register as a patient with us.

New Patient Health Check

Every patient registering with the practice will have the opportunity of a new patient consultation. The appointment gives you a chance to meet us, have your health checked and bring to light any ongoing medical problems or important past medical history, including continuing your medication. 

Your appointment may be with a practice nurse.

We will ask you about the following:

• Your past medical history (important illnesses and operations)
• Ongoing medical problems
• Medication
• Family history
• You will have your blood pressure taken and your urine will be tested. Occasionally other examinations or tests may be done if needed.

We will then send you a letter to confirm you have joined our practice list.

Changes to Personal Details

You should notify us of any changes to your name, address or telephone number.  This will avoid wasted hospital appointments, confusion and delays.

Guide to GP Services

The Royal College of General Practitioners has produced a useful guide for patients about the services on offer at GP Surgeries and how to access them.  You can download the guide below.

A Patient Guide to GP Services

These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups. Open the leaflets in one of the following languages

English	Urdu
Albanian	Hindi
Arabic	Lithuanian
Bulgarian	Polish
Chinese (Cantonese)	Portuguese
Chinese (Mandarin)	Spanish
Russian	French
Turkish	Punjabi
Gujerati	Somali
Croatian	Bengali
Farsi

Temporary Registration

If you are ill while away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one you can receive emergency treatment from the local GP practice for 14 days. After 14 days you will need to register as a temporary or permanent patient.

You can be registered as a temporary patient for up to three months. This will allow you to be on the local practice list and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After three months you will have to re-register as a temporary patient or permanently register with that practice.

To register as a temporary patient simply contact the local practice you wish to use. Practices do not have to accept you as a temporary patient although they do have an obligation to offer emergency treatment. You cannot register as a temporary patient at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered.

Download the Temporary Resident Registration Form