New Patient Registration

Registering as a patient

The Practice’s list is ’open’ and we are happy to accept new patients living in Runcorn. If you move out of the area, you will not always automatically be requested to change Doctors unless you require home visits as we would be unable to keep you on as patient because of the amount of time the Health Professionals would lose whilst travelling to and from your new address. Registering as a patient is quick and easy with only two brief forms to fill in. These forms are available from Reception.

Patients living within the practice area are welcome to register and our reception staff can confirm your eligibility from your postcode. In this respect please bring along proof of address such as a recent utility bill.

You will also 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.

All new patients are offered a health check with a member of the healthcare team. These “mini medicals” are usually very informal and involve some routine measurements such as height, weight and blood pressure.  Please bring a sample of urine with you when you attend (sample bottles are available from reception). Also, if you are currently taking any medication, please bring along your bottles/packaging in order that the items can be added to your medical records.

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

You may print off a registration form, fill it out and bring it in with you on your first visit to the practice.

Registration Form

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.

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