New Patient Registration

When you register you will also be asked to fill out a medical questionnaire. This is because it can take a considerable time for us to receive your medical records.You will also be asked to provide 2 separate forms of Identification:

Proof of entitlement to NHS treatment

British citizens

British citizens should bring one of the following:

• a UK passport
• photo driving licence

You also need one of the following as proof of your address:

• bank statement dated within the last three months
• contract of employment and a recent play slip
• mortgage statement, within the past 12 months
• tenancy agreement
• two utility bills dated within the last three months (this classes as one form of proof)
• Child Benefit/proof of payment to current address
• Council Tax bill of the current year
• Job Centre letters dated within the last three months

In addition, you should bring the Red Book (personal child health record) if registering a child.

Non-British citizens with the right to be in the UK

Non-British citizens with the right to be in the UK should bring one of the following:

• your passport and evidence of your right to remain in the UK
• a utility bill addressed to you that is more than six months old
• a letter from the Home Office addressed to you, proving your address
• proof of fulltime work or fulltime education

Asylum seekers

Asylum seekers should bring one of the following:

• an HC2 form
• your identity card provided by the Home Office

Students ONLY need  a valid Student ID card

Registration forms are available from our Reception Team, or to save time before arriving you may print out and complete the forms and hand them into reception when you arrive.

There are 2 forms required from each person registering (NHS Family Doctor Services Registration Form with either the Adult Registration Form or Under 16 Registration Form). Please click on the links below to download each form. When you print these please print with scaling set to NONE.

• GMS1.docx
• Adult Registration Form .docx
• Under 16 Registration Form.docx     

When you attend the surgery to register we require to see Proof of Identity and Proof of residential address.

New arrangements introduced from January 2015 give people greater choice when choosing a GP Practice. Patients may approach any GP Practice, even if they live outside the Practice area, to see if they will be accepted on to the patient list.

GP practices have always had the ability to accept patients who live outside their practice area. Regardless of distance from the Practice, the Practice would still provide a home visit if clinically necessary.

The new arrangements mean GP Practices now have the option to register patients who live outside the practice area but without any obligation to provide home visits.

Out of area registration (with or without home visits) is voluntary for GP Practices meaning patients may be refused because they live out of area.

Because of the greater distance to your home, the Practice is under no obligation to offer you a home visit. If you are not well enough to come to the Practice yourself then other arrangements will be made.

If your application is considered the Practice will only register you without home visits if it is clinically appropriate and practical in your individual case. To do this we may:

• Ask you or the practice you are currently registered with questions about your health to help decide whether to register you in this way
• Ask you questions about why it is practical for you to attend this practice (for example, how many days during the week you would normally be able to attend)

If accepted, you will attend the Practice and receive the full range of services provided as normal at the surgery. However you must be aware that registering with a Practice further away from home will affect decisions about access to domicilary community health services, such as District Nursing, Health Visiting and Community Midwifery. If you have an urgent care need and the surgery cannot help you at home we will ask you to call NHS 111 and they will put you in touch with a local service (this may be a face to face appointment with a local healthcare professional or a home visit where necessary).

We may decide that it is not in your best interests or practical for you to be registered in this way. In these circumstances we will advise you to seek to register (or remain registered) with a more local Practice.

If accepted, should your health needs change we may review your registration to see if it would be more appropriate for you to be registered with a GP Practice closer to your home.

The Practice will make a decision about your registration as soon as reasonably practical and inform you in writing of our decision to either offer or refuse your registration.

This new arrangement only applies to GP Practices and patients who live in England. For further information visit the NHS Choices website (www.nhs.uk)

Out of Area Registration Form.docx

GMS1 OOA.docx

Adult Registration Form OOA .docx

Patient Choice out of area registration patient information leaflet