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Catchment area

Before filling out a registration form, check you are in our catchment area.

Find out which GPs you can register with on the NHS website.

To register

We are using a new online service called Register with a GP surgery that makes it easy to register with this GP surgery.

Just fill in this quick online form to start the process. You do not need proof of address or immigration status, ID or an NHS number.

The service is designed and run by the NHS, so your personal information is safe. It cuts our administrative workload and makes it easier for you to register.

Unique URL: https://gp-registration.nhs.uk/L82043 

Paper forms are still available if you need one.

When you register, it’s helpful to have your NHS number. You can use the NHS website to find your NHS number.

NHS England Guidance on the new out of area patient registration arrangements:

‘From 5^th January 2015 all GP practices have discretion to register new patients who live outside the practice area without any obligation to provide home visits when the patient is unable to attend their registered practice.   NHS England, through its area teams, will ensure that patients who choose to register out of area without home visits can continue to access primary medical services if they have an urgent care need during core hours and if they cannot reasonably be expected to attend their registered practice.’

- ‘The ability for GP practices to refuse registration on the grounds the patient lives outside the practice area remains unchanged and thus ensure the new arrangements for out of area registration apply on a voluntary basis’

Quay Lane Surgery is unable to register patients who live outside of the practice area - we are a small practice covering a large geographical area and sometimes there is only a single doctor working. For this reason it is not practical or safe to offer services to patients outside of the practice area. The boundary forms part of our GMS contract and has been agreed by NHS England.

Proxy access is only given to parents/carers or family members in exceptional circumstances. Please ask at reception for details.

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.

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:

• Translated Health Information For Patients