If you are ill while you are away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one, you can receive emergency treatment from a 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. Please note, you cannot register as a temporary patient at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered.

For any newly arrived individuals seeking asylum, fact sheets are available to explain the role of UK health services and the National Health Service (NHS) They explain 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.

To access a leaflet, click an appropriate language shown below.

There is suitable access for the disabled and wheelchair users and toilet facilities for the disabled are also provided. The surgery has nappy changing facilities.

A disabled patient parking space is reserved at the front of the surgery.  If you need to park your car on the road, please be mindful of our neighbours and ensure that access to their driveways and houses is not in any way restricted.