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Register as a New Patient

You will need to complete the online NHS Registration form to register with the surgery. Alternatively you can collect a form from the practice or download the PRF1 form.

We will ask you for proof of identity, this must be presented in person - please select the link to refer to our 'registration policy'.

Whilst not legally required it is our practice policy to confirm the identity of adults registering with us by checking photo ID and proof of address, please provide this when registering. If you email your registration to us or register online please call into the practice with your proof.

Once you have been accepted as a patient, your medical records will be transferred to the practice and you will ususally be sent a new medical card. Your medical records may take several weeks to arrive at the practice.

Please be advised that currently we are only pre-booking appointments for our Practice Nurse and HCA.

Pre-bookable appointments for the GPs are currently limited and are reviewed regularly, please continue to contact reception as usual for appointments.

 

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Temporary Registrations

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.

Temporary Residents Registration

A temporary patient is someone who needs to register with the practice temporarily who cannot access their own GP Practice.  You can register as a temporary resident with a GP in England if you are in the area for longer than 24 hours but less than three months.  Generally if your own GP Practice is within a 50 mile radius we would expect you to attend there unless the issue is an emergency (see immediately necessary section below).

Immediately Necessary Treatment Patients

This is for patients in the area who cannot attend their normal GP Practice and need to receive emergency treatment from the local GP practice, those who cannot travel to their local GP. This registration is only for 14 days. After 14 days you will need to go back to your own GP, register as a temporary or permanent patient. Immediately necessary patients will not normally need ID and treatment will be for something the GP can deal with on a one-off occasion

Registering as a Temporary patient

Patients who are registering as a temporary patient should ideally have ID with them and the following information:

  • details of any medical conditions they have
  • details of medical conditions they’ve had in the past
  • the name of any medicines they’re currently taking
  • details of anything they’re allergic to
  • contact details for your permanent or previous GP – essential

Non-urgent advice:

It may be necessary to get a medical summary from the current GP Practice before you are seen by the GP, especially if requesting medication.

It is not possible to do certain tasks when you are registered as a ‘temporary’ patient, and certain services locally will only see patients who are residing in the area, therefore patients should always be advised to see their own registered GP where possible; temporary patients should always be aware that our ability to treat your issues may be limited to avoid disappointment further down the line.

Issues with Temporary Patient Registration

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.

Temporary patient registration falls under the normal ‘Patient Registration’ protocols and while GPs cannot refuse to register patients without good cause, they can sign-post or offer alternatives and document the reasoning behind it.

 Download the Temporary Resident Registration Form.    Temp Resident Form GMS3.pdf

 Please complete and take to the surgery who will consider the Temporary Resident Registration.

Away From Home But Need Medication

It is not our policy to issue prescriptions for repeat medication for temporary patients.

It is important that you remember to take enough medication with you when you travel away from home. If you are away from home and have run out or forgotten to bring medication with you, you should contact the surgery where you are registered. You can ask them to forward a prescription (either electronically or by fax) to a pharmacy near to where you are for you to collect. It is up to you to locate a pharmacy and obtain their address, fax or Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) details.  You will need to pass these details to your GP surgery as they will not be able to forward a prescription without this information. You should not register as a temporary patient at a local GP surgery in order to obtain repeat medication.

If you are unable to contact your GP (e.g. it is out of hours) you may be able to get an emergency supply of your medicine either from an NHS walk-in centre or a local pharmacist subject to certain conditions.

You must have been prescribed the medicine before. In addition to this, the pharmacist:

  • will usually need to see you face-to-face
  • must agree that you need the medicine immediately
  • will usually need evidence that you have been prescribed that medicine before
  • must be satisfied with the dose that is most appropriate for you to take

The pharmacist will then make a note of:

  • your name and address
  • the nature of the emergency
  • the date of the emergency supply
  • the name, quantity, form (e.g. capsules, tablets or liquid) and strength of the medicine

Accountable GP

From 1st April 2015, practices are required to allocate all patients (including children) with a named accountable GP.

The named GP is responsible for the coordination and delivery of all appropriate services, where required based on clinical judgement, to each of their patients.

  • Patients do not need to see their named GP when they book an appointment with the practice.
  • Patients are entitled to choose to see any GP or nurse in the practice.

Accessing someone else’s information

As a parent, family member or carer, you may be able to access services for someone else. We call this having proxy access. We can set this up for you if you are both registered with us.

To requests proxy access, please collect a proxy access form from reception from 9am to 5pm.

Linked profiles in your NHS account

Once proxy access is set up, you can access the other person’s profile in your NHS account, using the NHS App or website.

The NHS website has information about using linked profiles to access services for someone else.

Non English Speakers

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:

Page last reviewed: 17 July 2025
Page created: 23 September 2021