Please check if you live within our Practice boundaries using the post code checker.  Please do not register with us if you do not live within our practice boundary.

We are using a new online service called Register with a GP surgery that makes it easy to register with this GP surgery.

Just fill in this quick online form to start the process. You do not need proof of address or immigration status, ID or an NHS number.

The service is designed and run by the NHS, so your personal information is safe. It cuts our administrative workload and makes it easier for you to register.

A paper form is still available if you need one.

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 immediately necessary or 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.

Requesting a letter from your GP

Patients request letters from their GP for a number of reasons and our doctors are frequently asked to provide private or 'to whom it may concern' letters or reports to third parties.  The usual fee for a standard letter is a minimum of £30.  More complicated letters or reports may attract a higher fee.

Timescales

Private letters and reports do not take priority over NHS work.  Please allow up to 14 days for any request to be fulfilled.

Content

We will not accept requests for 'the doctor must write these exact words.' The GP will write what they know, supported by your medical record.  Both the letter and the opinion they produce is final and you cannot request changes to be made.  The GP has the right to refuse your request or provide alternative wording if they feel it is necessary. 

Letters we do not provide.

• Passport or driving license endorsements
• Seatbelt exemption certificate
• Character references for a job
• Missing a court appearance or probation letters- we do not provide these unless we have been personally directed to do so by a court order.
• Fitness to travel
• Missed or deferred exams, school or university letters.
• Letters requesting the practice to confirm your address/ or that children reside with you.
• Letters supporting Blue Badge Applications.
• Gym membership cancellation letters

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.

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:

Disabled patient facilities are also available at this practice.

(Car park space, ramp, toilet etc).

We also have a hearing Loop.