If you live within our practice area you are welcome to register with us. You will need to complete our registration pack (GMS1 and a health questionnaire). We need to verify your identity when you register at the practice and require to see 2 forms of documentation as evidence of your identify, one of these must contain a photo.
Acceptable documents include:
- Birth certificate
- Marriage certificate
- Medical card
- Driving License
- Passport
- Local authority rent card
- Paid utility bill
- Bank/Building society card statement
- National insurance number card
- Papers from the home office
You may print off a registration forms, fill them out and bring it to the surgery with you ID.
Download our registration forms
GMS1 FORM & ONLINE SERVICES– to be completed by all patients
HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE – to be completed by all patients
UNDER 18S REGISTRATION FORM– to be completed by under 18s only
Patients registering with the surgery agree to:
- Attend the New Patient Medical Appointment
- We expect you to cancel any doctor, nurse or hospital appointment
- Conform to the appointments process
Referrals: The NHS is going through massive changes and rationalisation at the moment. This means the doctors will only refer you to the hospital if they feel that there is a clinical need. The doctors have regular meetings to discuss clinical cases.
Medication: We prescribe only the most cost effective medication. The doctors review all patients who are on repeat medication to ensure that there is still a need for this medication and may change your tablets. The surgery will not compromise a patients’ health but will prescribe the most cost effective brand of tablet.
- We do not prescribe medication that is not proven to have any benefit, for example Colief for infants. However, we have no objection to this being bought over the counter if you still wish your child to have this
- We do not prescribe Lactose free milk as this can be purchased; look for SMA LF
- We do not prescribe strong analgesia or benzodiazepines to new patients
Removal of patients
Removal of patients from our list is rare. However, the main reasons for doing so are:
- Persistent non-attendance
- Deliberately withholding information when completing the new patient registration form and health questionnaire
- Using violent or threatening behavior towards any member of staff including verbal abuse
- Inappropriate demands for home visits or misuse of the ‘on-call’ services for minor ailments or lack of transport.
Patient Online Access
You are now able to request online access to your prospective medical record. Viewing your prospective record will take effect from the date access is granted by the GP. Please click here to register for online access
Temporary Registrations
If you are ill whilst you are away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see someone you can receive emergency treatment from a 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 3 months. This will allow you to be on the local practice list and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After 3 months you will have to re-register as a temporary patient or permanently register with the 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.
