New Patients

The Practice does not discriminate on the grounds of:

• Age
• Disability
• Gender
• Gender Re-Assignment
• Marriage/Civil Partnership
• Maternity/Paternity
• Race
• Religion/Belief
• Sexual Orientation

As part of our commitment to more personalised care, all patients’ now have a named accountable GP who is responsible for the co-ordination of all services required and for ensuring delivery.

In addition, for patients’ aged 75 and over, the named GP will take lead responsibility for ensuring that any services, which may be required, are delivered to each patient appropriately.

The named GP will work with relevant associated health and social care professionals to deliver a care package that meets the needs of the patient.

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.

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:

There is a designated parking space for disabled patients (which we would ask able-bodied patients not to use or block). The main entrance to the surgery and most consulting rooms are wheelchair accessible as is the nurse’s room and toilet facilities.