Patient Registration Process

We welcome requests for registration from patients living in or moving to the practice area.

Patients can register by completing a HSCR 1 form. This form will ensure that we register only those patients who are entitled to treatment on the NHS.

This form must be completed in full with any part that’s are not applicable to you clearly marked as N/A

Along with this form you will need to provide photographic id and proof of address, examples of what is acceptable are listed on the form but if you have NONE of these, please come back and talk to us and we will try to find an alternative.

Once this form has been completed and returned we may arrange a New Patient Registration appointment with a GP to ensure we have the necessary clinical details to hand as it can take 6-8 weeks for patient notes to arrive from the previous practice.

This form is available in several languages.  Please follow the link.

http://www.hscbusiness.hscni.net/services/1814.htm

All newly registered patients should attend for a health check within 28 days of registering to ensure that any required tests are up to date and that we have an accurate note of any repeat medication you may be taking.

This assessment will include weight, height, urine testing and blood pressure reading.  Details of past medical history and family history will be taken along with dates of vaccinations & smears etc.  When attending this appointment please bring a sample of urine.

Medical treatment is available from the date of registration. Please contact reception for further information.

Please be aware the practice has a policy for patients who regularly do not attend.  This can be found on the appointments page.

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.

A Patient Guide to GP Services

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

HS22X   http://www.hscbusiness.hscni.net/services/1814.htm 

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.

Download the Temporary Resident Registration Form