You will need to complete the online NHS Registration form to register with the surgery. Alternatively you can collect a form from the practice or download the PRF1 form.

We will ask you for proof of identity, this must be presented in person - please select the link to refer to our 'registration policy'.

Whilst not legally required it is our practice policy to confirm the identity of adults registering with us by checking photo ID and proof of address, please provide this when registering. If you email your registration to us or register online please call into the practice with your proof.

Once you have been accepted as a patient, your medical records will be transferred to the practice and you will ususally be sent a new medical card. Your medical records may take several weeks to arrive at the practice.

Please be advised that currently we are only pre-booking appointments for our Practice Nurse and HCA.

Pre-bookable appointments for the GPs are currently limited and are reviewed regularly, please continue to contact reception as usual for appointments.

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.

From 1st April 2015, practices are required to allocate all patients (including children) with a named accountable GP.

The named GP is responsible for the coordination and delivery of all appropriate services, where required based on clinical judgement, to each of their patients.

• Patients do not need to see their named GP when they book an appointment with the practice.
• Patients are entitled to choose to see any GP or nurse in the practice.

As a parent, family member or carer, you may be able to access services for someone else. We call this having proxy access. We can set this up for you if you are both registered with us.

To requests proxy access, please collect a proxy access form from reception from 9am to 5pm.

Linked profiles in your NHS account

Once proxy access is set up, you can access the other person’s profile in your NHS account, using the NHS App or website.

The NHS website has information about using linked profiles to access services for someone else.

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: