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.

You need to register your new baby at the Practice as soon as possible.

Parents or guardians can register a baby at the Practice by completing and presenting to Reception, form FP58 which is issued at the same time as a birth certificate. This is for new born babies only. Older babies and children should register using our Join the Practice Request online form.

Mother and Baby Checks

Once your baby is registered, the Practice will send you an appointment for a mother and baby post-natal check. This takes place at around 6 weeks.

This is a 20 minute appointment; 10 minutes for the baby’s check and 10 minutes for the mother’s post-natal check. Further details about what happens at this appointment is available from NHS choices.

Please remember to bring the red book to your appointment.

If you cannot attend this appointment you must notify reception as soon as possible.

Outer practice boundaries are an expansion of a GP's original catchment area. Whereas in the past you may have had to register with a new GP after moving a few streets further down the road, these outer boundaries can be a way to stay registered with your old GP.

Acceptable photo ID:

• Current passport or identity card
• Resident permit issued by Home office
• Current UK photocard driving licence
• HM Forces identity card
• Police photographic ID card
• University or college photo smartcard
• NHS smart card

Acceptable proof of address:

• Recent utility bill (within 3 months of the current date)
• Local authority tax bill ( valid for current year)
• Bank or building society statement ( within 3 months of a current date)
• Current tenancy agreement
• Court order (within 12 months of the current date)
• UCAS letter (within 12 months of the current date)

Please allow 14 days for your application to be processed and make sure that you have at least one month’s supply of your regular medications from your current practice before registering with us.

Please be aware that it may take several months for your full notes to become available from your previous GP Practice.

The internet is not a secure place, however, we have gone to great steps in making sure the information you submit to us is as secure as possible.

We use SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificates to encrypt the communication between your computer and our web server. When you submit your information, it is safely transmitted over the web in an encrypted form and deciphered using the private key at its intended location.