New Patient Registration

We will register any patient living in the IG10 postcode area dependent on capacity. New patients must first complete a registration form available from reception. One you have completed the paperwork please return the pack to reception between 9am and 4pm Tuesday to Thursday so that receptionist will be able available to photocopy your documents and check through your forms. If you are aged over 16 or over you will also be asked to use our health check machine for blood pressure check and BMI measurement, you may also be asked to attend a new patient medical check once registration is completed.

Your registration will be with the practice, not with an individual doctor, though should you express a preference we will endeavour to meet your needs.

Medical treatment is available from the date your registration is approved this may take up to 14 to 28 days . If you would like further details on essential documentation for registration please call the surgery number and select option 3 to put you through to a member of our staff who will explain the process

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

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

English	Urdu
Albanian	Hindi
Arabic	Lithuanian
Bulgarian	Polish
Chinese (Cantonese)	Portuguese
Chinese (Mandarin)	Spanish
Russian	French
Turkish	Punjabi
Gujerati	Somali
Croatian	Bengali
Farsi

Temporary 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.