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National Screening tests

The NHS offers a number of screening tests aimed either at detecting precancerous conditions [cervical smear test] or very early cancers [breast screening and bowel screening]

We strongly advise our patients to take up these tests. They are all by invitation and a letter will be sent to those who are eligible.

If you have lost your invitation or think you have been missed out or have missed an appointment, you can still have your tests. Please speak to reception, the practice nurse or the doctor. For replacement of bowel screening kits you can phone 0800 0121 833

New Patient Registration

HOW TO REGISTER WITH THE PRACTICE

We have an open list and would be delighted to welcome you as a patient if you live within our practice area. We register new patients between 09.00 – 17.00. You will be asked to make an appointment to see one of our nursing team(optional)

Our staff are happy to help you with the process - to register you must bring the following documentation:

Place of birth – resident of UK:

NHS medical card
Birth certificate accompanied by photographic ID (passport, driving licence, ID card)
Proof of your current address (mortgage/rental agreement, utility bill within last 3 months, council tax documents, current employment documents)

Place of birth – out with the UK or UK passport holder resident out with the UK for a period of time:

Passport
Visas
Proof of your current address and any relevant documents required to show that you are entitled to NHS treatment
Students- we require to see a letter from your university/college which confirms you have a place on a full-time course (for example your student visa plus letter)

Please note you cannot register without proof of entitlement to NHS treatment.

In addition, all patients will be asked to complete a new patient registration form and questionnaire, allowing us to provide medical care in the interim period while your records are transferred from your old practice. You will be offered an appointment for a brief health check at the earliest convenience.

NEW PATIENT REGISTRATION FORM 2020

New Patient Questionnaires

New Patient Questionnaires (up to 6 years)

Preference of GP

Patients are registered with the practice and not an individual GP. For administrative reasons your medical card will be issued in the name of one of the doctors; however, you can at any time express a preference for a particular doctor.

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.

pdf A Patient Guide to GP Services

To view the Practice Boundary

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.