Join the practice

To register with the practice you need to be ordinarily resident in the UK and living within our catchment area. You can make an appointment once your registration has been accepted and approved. However, anyone in England can register with a GP surgery. You do not need proof of address or immigration status, ID or an NHS number.

Proof of ID is required if you would like access to online services - which we recommend. This will need to be photo ID (valid passport, current photo driving licence, Identity Card).

If your registration is accepted we will contact you to arrange the checking of your ID document.

When registering a child or young person under 16 years, please note that we highly recommend that all close family members are also registered with the practice.  This allows us to look after your family's health in the best way possible. 

Registration step by step

If you are within our catchment area and would like to register with the practice please read and complete the forms below.

If you are visiting the UK on a working visa, reception staff will need to see this. Registration documents need to be completed for each family member; children under the age of 16yrs have different forms.

Please do not be offended if reception staff are unable to complete your registration due to insufficient documentation.

Once registered you will be able to make appointments – this may take up to one week.

Live within boundary area?

To be eligible to register at the practice, you must live within the practice catchment area.

About These Forms

•       You should only send these forms if you are sure that you are eligible to join this practice.
•       Sending these forms will NOT automatically register you with the surgery.
•       Your details will be held at the surgery for a limited period of time. 
  You are required to present in person to sign your registration form.
•       Sending these forms does NOT guarantee or even imply that you will be accepted onto the practice register

Please note that by using these forms you will be sending information about yourself across the Internet. Whilst every effort is made to keep this information secure, you should be aware that we cannot offer any guarantees of absolute privacy.

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. 

A Patient Guide to GP Services

Temporary Residents

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 Resident Registration Form

Information about registering with a GP Practice for people who do not speak English

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