Non-urgent advice: Registration eligibility
How to register:
- check your postcode: Our reception staff can quickly confirm if your address is in our area.
- fill out the form: Visit our Engage Consult page to access the online registration.
- visit reception during surgery hours and collect/complete a paper registration form
- tell us about your health: The form includes a quick health questionnaire. This gives us important information to help care for you while we wait for your medical records to arrive.
- we may require evidence of identity to provide certain services (refer to our registration policy regarding ID)
- the practice has a non-discrimination policy for accepting new patients. There are a number of reasons why you may not be able to register with your chosen GP, for example you may live too far away. If this is the case simply choose another GP in your local area.
As your medical records may take a little time to arrive, please ensure you have at least one month’s supply of your repeat prescription medication. If needed, we may contact your previous practice to clarify any details about your medication.
Please read our Practice Policy for ADHD Diagnosis made Privately or Overseas for New Patients before completing a registration form. We require all patients to confirm they have read the policy when completing the registration form. We have an FAQ to help with any questions you may have regarding ADHD.
Medications – Benzodiazepines and Opiates
As part of our commitment to safe prescribing, we regularly review all medications—particularly those that can be harmful or addictive, such as Diazepam, Gabapentin, Pregabalin, or Tramadol. By joining our practice, you agree to work with us to ensure your doses are appropriate, which may include guided dose reductions to protect your long-term health.
Rights and responsibilities
We strongly support the NHS policy of zero tolerance. Any patient attending the practice who abuses the doctors, staff or other patients verbally, physically or in any threatening manner whatsoever, will risk immediate removal from the practice list.
If you stay outwith our Practice area
If you do not stay within our catchment area other GP practices can be found by accessing the link shown below.
Registered with a Doctor outside the UK
Please note that if you were previously registered with a Doctor outside the UK then the Practice will not have access to your medical notes. All patients who register from abroad should contact their previous Doctor to obtain copies of their notes.
If you leave the UK for more than 3 months
Your medical records remain with your registered GP but we will provide you with full medical care while you are in the area. If you leave the UK for a period of more than three months the doctor is no longer responsible for your medical care and may not provide repeat medication in your absence.
Immediately necessary treatment
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 our Practice for up to 14 days. After 14 days, you will need to register as a temporary or permanent patient.
Temporary services
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.
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