Registering with the Practice
You can register with us by either coming to
the practice to collect our registration and
information pack, or you can download the forms
below and complete them before coming to the
surgery.
There are practical reasons why we might need
to be assured that people are who they say they
are, or to check where they live. Seeing some
form of ID will help to ensure the correct
matching of a patient to the NHS central patient
registry, thereby ensuring any previous medical
notes are passed onto us.
Please can you also fill out our patient
questionnaire as this will help us with your
medical history until your records are received
from your previous practice.
Providing you live within our practice area
as shown here or on the map displayed in our reception,
you can register with us. It's easy!
Simply call into the Surgery and complete a
registration form for each patient. On
completion of the form, and with proof of your
current address, you and your family will be
registered onto our computer system and will be
eligible for medical assistance straight away.
Your medical records will be automatically
transferred by the Primary Care Support Agency
from your previous practice.
How to register at the practice
If you are over 16 years of age, you must
come to the surgery in person and ask at
reception. You must have proof of identity which
shows the address that we have you registered
at.
How to register for online access to
services
Once your identity has been confirmed, you
will be given a document which will contain a
Personal Identification Number, Personal Access
Number and instructions on how to register on
the website for the service. For the security of
both yourself and the practice, you must not
disclose this information to anyone else.
Children under 18 cannot register for this
service. See below how to book an appointment
for them.
Temporary Residents
We provide a Temporary Patient service for
anyone staying within our Practice area.
This could be whilst on holiday, staying with
relatives etc. Just call into the Surgery,
fill in one of our Temporary Resident Forms and
we will assist you.
Registering Patients who live outside of our
Practice Area
New arrangements introduced from January 2015
give people greater choice when choosing a GP
practice. Patients may approach any GP practice,
even if they live outside the practice area, to
see if they will be accepted on to the patient
list.
GP practices have always had the ability to
accept patients who live outside their practice
area. Regardless of distance from the practice,
the practice would still provide a home visit if
clinically necessary.
The new arrangements mean GP practices now
have the option to register patients who live
outside the practice area but without any
obligation to provide home visits.
Out of area registration (with or without
home visits) is voluntary for GP practices
meaning patients may be refused because they
live out of area. This practice will consider
applications from patients who wish to remain
registered here but who have moved outside of
our practice boundary on a case by case basis.
If your application is considered the GP
practice will only register you without home
visits if it is clinically appropriate and
practical in your individual case.
To do this we may:
- Ask you questions about your health to
help decide whether to register you in this
way.
- Ask you questions about why it is
practical for you to attend this practice
(for example, how many days during the week
you would normally be able to attend) now
that you live outside of our practice
boundary.
If accepted, you will attend the practice and
receive the full range of services provided as
normal at the surgery. If you have an urgent
care need and the surgery cannot help you at
home we may ask you to call NHS 111 and they
will put you in touch with a local service (this
may be a face to face appointment with a local
healthcare professional or a home visit where
necessary).
We may decide that it is not in your best
interests or practical for you to be registered
in this way. In these circumstances we may offer
you registration with home visits, for example,
if you live just outside the practice area or we
may not register you and advise you should seek
to register with a more local practice.
If accepted but your health needs change we
may review your registration to see if it would
be more appropriate for you to be registered
with a GP practice closer to your home.
This new arrangement only applies to GP
practices and patients who live in England. For
further information visit the NHS website (www.nhs.uk)
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