Join The Practice

Register with the surgery

Catchment area

Before registering with the practice, check you are in our catchment area.

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

Registering with the surgery

NEW: You can now register directly online using the NHS GP Registration service. This is the preferred and simpler method to register with our surgery. This method takes roughly 15 minutes and you will need the following:

• the name and address of an emergency contact
• the name and address of the GP you're registered with now, if you have one
• the name and address of your carer, if you have one

To register with the surgery online please select this link.

Alternate Methods

Alternatively, you can register with the surgery by completing these two forms:

• Form 1: NHS Family Doctor Registration Form (GMS1 form) – you can either complete this online or download and complete at home
• Form 2: Clay Cross Medical Centre New Patient Form – you can complete this online and complete at home by visiting reception from 10am to 6pm and collect these two forms

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

Please ensure you complete all the sections and date both forms, otherwise we will not be able to register you.

If you would like to register for online services you will also need to bring one form of in date photo ID (eg Drivers License, Passport, Student ID) when you return your completed forms.

If you are on regular medication you will need to obtain one months supply from your current practice before submitting these forms.

It is important that you inform us if your details change at any time whilst you are registered at the practice.

You can register via the NHS Registrations online using the following link: https://gp-registration.nhs.uk/C81056

Named GP

All patients at Clay Cross Medical Centre have a named, accountable doctor who is assigned for coordinating their care.

Your named doctor will be allocated to you by the practice. You can still talk to or make appointments to see any of our doctors or nurses, not just your named GP.

If you have a preference and would like to request a particular doctor at the practice to be your named GP please talk to one of our receptionists.

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.

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