We can only accept new patients who live in our practice area. The practice catchment area is the Old A5 to the north, the A49 to the east, the A458 to the west and south in an arc from Longnor, through Ratlinghope, Bridges, the Marsh, Meadowtown, Marton, Binweston, Rowly, Vennington to Halfway House. We also accept patients in Ford.
Our practice catchment area is shown below (click anywhere in the map to load the boundary):
How to register
To register with the surgery:
- you can download the following forms, complete them and post to us when you move:
- you can also fill in both the registration form and the health questionnaire online:
- you can visit reception from 8.30am to 6pm and collect a paper registration form
Note:
- Please complete one form for each adult or child you wish to register.
- Please do not send forms before you move as it may affect your registration with your current GP Practice.
When you register:
- it’s helpful to have your NHS number. You can use the NHS website to find your NHS number.
- we will ask you to make an appointment to see either the practice nurse for a new patient health check. This will make sure that our records are accurate and all routine checks to promote your health and wellbeing (such as blood pressure/smear tests/mammograms) are up-to-date.
Medical records
When a patient registers at a Practice a transaction is sent to Primary Care Support England (PCSE) notifying them that they are a new patient. Your paper medical records from your previous Practice will then be sent to Primary Care Support England and transferred to your new Practice. The process of receiving your paper medical records normally runs smoothly but it can sometimes take up to three months. Once the Practice receives these records they are summarised so that everything the GP needs to know about your health is made available on our computer Medical Records.
Currently many Practices country wide including our own use a computer record system called the EMiS Clinical System. If a patient moves from one EMiS Practice to another, all relevant medical information is ready to be seen by the GP on the patient’s screen on the computer as soon as the patient has registered, although paper medical records are still thoroughly checked once they are received later.
Accessing someone else’s information
As a parent, family member or carer, you may be able to access services for someone else. We call this having proxy access. We can set this up for you if you are both registered with us.
To requests proxy access, collect a proxy access form from reception from 10am to 6pm.
Once proxy access is set up, you can access the other person’s profile in your NHS account, using the NHS App or website.
The NHS website has information about using linked profiles to access services for someone else.
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 following PDF: A Patient Guide to GP Services.
Non-English speakers
The following 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:
