If you live within our practice area you are welcome to register with us. You will need to complete a GMS1 Family Doctor Services Registration Form, which you can obtain from reception. You will also be asked to complete a health questionnaire form. If you outside the practice area we may register but please come in and ask us first before completing any forms.
Newly registered patients are invited for a health check with the practice nurse. You may express a preference regarding which doctor you would like to see.
Medical treatment is available from the date of registration. Please contact reception for further information.
We are happy to register patients who are asylum seekers or refugees, people from travelling communities or people who are homeless. Please enquire at reception and we will help you and your family to register with us. We also have leaflets explaining the registration for specific groups.
Changes to Personal Details
Please inform us if you move house, change name or telephone number. It is important that we can contact you in connection with test results, referral information or invitations for procedures or immunisations that are due. If you move outside the practice area you will be requested to register with a more local doctor.
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
Patients with a temporary address
If you are staying in the area on a temporary basis we can still register you for temporary care. You must come into surgery with some ID if possible and we will temporarily register you so you can get the help required.
If you are homeless, sofa-surfing, staying with a friend, or a traveller you can still register either temporarily or with a full registration. If your circumstances are difficult or you have no ID please ask for the practice manager and she will be able to support you with 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.