Non-urgent advice: Registration
It is is important to note that you can only permanently register with a GP practice if you’re staying in the area for more than 3 months. If you move out of the practice area, you will need to register with a practice in your new area as soon as you move.
Rights and Responsibilities
You will be treated as an individual and will be given courtesy and respect at all times. You will receive the most appropriate care, given by suitably qualified people, and no care will be given without your informed consent. In return we would ask you to treat all doctors and staff with courtesy and respect. We would also ask that you try to follow the medical advice offered, and take any medication as advised.
We strongly support the NHS policy of zero tolerance. Any patient attending the practice who abuses the doctors, staff or other patients verbally, physically or in any threatening manner whatsoever, will risk immediate removal from the practice list.
Medications – Benzodiazepines and Opiates
You should provide official proof of repeat medications, e.g. a reorder slip from your previous practice.
It is our policy to review medication and offer dose reduction where appropriate to ensure effective and safe prescribing, particularly for drugs that can be harmful or addictive. These include Diazepam, Gabapentin, Pregabalin, Lorazepam, Temazepam and Tramadol. By registering with us you are agreeing to work with us to make sure your medication is appropriate for you.
How to register:
- visit reception and collect /complete a paper registration form. To avoid delay and having to be kept waiting, please avoid registering with us first thing in the morning and between 12.30pm and 1.30pm.
- patients wishing to register with us will be expected to attend a new patient medical check
- we will require evidence of identity to provide certain services (refer to our registration policy regarding ID). You will also be asked to provide evidence of intended length of stay if you are from overseas
- the practice has a non-discrimination policy for accepting new patients. There are a number of reasons why you may not be able to register with your chosen GP, for example you may live too far away. If this is the case simply choose another GP in your local area.
Practice area
We welcome new patients from within our boundary.
Change of Personal Details
If you change your name, address or telephone number, please notify us immediately so that we can amend your records. If your new address is outwith the practice area, we will have to ask you to register with another practice.
If you stay outwith our Practice area
If you do not stay within our catchment area other GP practices can be found by accessing the link shown below.
Registered with a Doctor outside the UK
Please note that if you were previously registered with a Doctor outside the UK then the Practice will not have access to your medical notes. All patients who register from abroad should contact their previous Doctor to obtain copies of their notes.
If you leave the UK for more than 2 months
Immediately necessary treatment
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 our Practice for up to 14 days. After 14 days, you will need to register as a temporary or permanent patient.
Temporary services
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.