NEW PATIENT REGISTRATION

If you live within our practice area you are welcome to register with us and our reception staff will be happy to guide you through the procedure. Eligibility can be quickly confirmed from your address so it would help if you could provide proof by way of a recent utility bill/driving license.

You will need to complete a registration form (GMS1) and a health questionnaire which will provide useful information whilst we wait for your medical records to arrive from your previous doctor. Medical treatment is available from the date of registration.  Please remember to include your NHS number on the patient registration form.  This can be obtained from your previous GP or by clicking HERE

Please note that you are registered with the practice, not with a specific doctor. However, you are free to consult with any available doctor of your choice.

When you register with the practice you will also be required to complete a Medical Questionnaire for New Patients.  This is because it can take a considerable amount of time for us to receive your medical records.  This can be accessed by clicking the link below to download and print the form.  Once completed please return with your completed and signed registration form along with your photographic ID (if available) and proof of address in person to the surgery.  Please note that if you are unable to provide identification documents, this does not prevent you from registering with the surgery.

 Registration Form

Medical Questionnaire for New Patients                               

Click on the Link below to see if you fall within our Catchment Area. Please note if you are living outside of our Catchment Area you will not be able to register with the practice.

Catchment Area

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

FACT SHEETS FOR 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. 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 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

YOU ARE WELCOME HERE

GP practices have a responsibility to register people who :

• are homeless
• have no fixed abode
• are legitimately unable to provide documentation living within their catchment area

Homeless patients are entitled to register with a GP using a temporary address. This may be a friend's address or a day centre. They can also use the practice address to register.

Practices should try to have a way to contact the patient (for example with test results).

Some areas have special services for homeless patients. Practices may refer homeless patients into these in line with local arrangements if:

• it is in the patient’s best interests,
• the patient agrees

If you would like to register at Charlton Medical Centre, please pop into Reception and speak to our Receptionist at the Front Desk. They will assist you in the registration process.