Catchment Area

Before filling out a registration form, please check you are in our catchment area.

If outside our catchment area, Find out which GPs you can register with on the NHS website.

Registering with the Surgery

To register with the surgery you will need to complete two forms:

• Form 1: Register with a GP Surgery - you can either complete this Online, Download, print and complete at home, or call in to the surgery to collect a copy. 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.
• Form 2: New Patient Questionnaire - you can either Download, print and complete at home, or call in to the surgery to collect a copy. Please note there are separate forms for Adults, Children and Newborn Babies. 

Please ensure you complete all relevant sections and sign both forms otherwise this may cause a delay in your registration.

You do not need proof of address or immigration status, ID or an NHS Number to register. However, if you request access to your medical record online, please bring in date photographic proof of your identification in order for the access to be authorised and granted.

If you are on regular medication you will need to obtain one months supply from your current practice before submitting these forms. 

Once you have been successfully registered your medical record will be transferred to the practice. Please be aware they may take several weeks to arrive.  

If you change your name, address or telephone number, please let the receptionist know. If you are moving outside the practice boundaries, we may ask you to find a doctor in your new area.

Click here to update your details online.

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.

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