New Patient Registration

If you are a resident within our catchment area you may request to register with the practice. 

Check if you are in our catchment area here

You will need to complete a form GMS1 and it is helpful to have your NHS number and the name and address of your previous GP.  You will also be given a questionnaire to complete for information pending the arrival of your records from your last GP.  If you have any specific need especially when we communicate with you please let us know at registration.

Alternatively you may print off the registration forms, fill them out and bring them with you on your first visit to the practice. Please also remember to bring photo id as proof of address, such as a passport of driving licence. The surgery brochure is also shown below for you to read & print if you require.

SGP Brochure

Registration Form

 New Patient Questionnaire October 2018

If you wish to change your preferred GP, please speak to a member of the reception staff who will ask you to complete a form indicating your new preferred GP.  We will try to accommodate your request whenever we can, but this may not always be possible if your preferred GP already has a large patient list.

Alternatively you may print off a change of preferred GP form, fill it out and bring it in with you on your next visit to the practice.

Change of Preferred GP Form

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

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

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.

If there is a preferred way of communication please let us know.  Translators can be arranged to accompany you on any consultation but need to be arranged in advance so please let the reception team know on booking your appointment.

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 whilst a long way from home and unable to get to your own GP practice in a reasonable time or if you are not registered with a GP 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 and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After three months you will have to permanently register with that practice.

Please note that patients who are living outside the catchment area for more than 3months, this includes living abroad, will be expected to re-register with a GP practice in their new area.  If you are found not to be living at your registered address we will write to you for confirmation that you are still resident in our area.  If you can not supply us with evidence you still live in the catchment area you will be de-registered and expected to re-register within your new area.

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.

Please remember that for any repeat prescriptions you can contact your own GP to send an electronic prescription to most Chemists within England.  This is safer than requesting as a temporary patient as we will not have access to your previous medical records.

Download the Temporary Resident Registration Form