New Patient Registration

Patients living within the practice area are welcome to register and our reception staff will be happy to to assist you in the process.

All new patients to the surgery are allocated a named GP and are informed of such. All existing patients on the register have been allocated and informed of their named GP. Patients can however book to see whichever GP they choose. The named GP is responsible for the patient's overall care. If you wish to know whom your named GP is please contact the surgery. If you have a preference the surgery will make reasonable efforts to accommodate this.

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. We will also ask you to sign a 'contract of care' which sets out patient and doctor responsibilities and obligations.

Medical treatment is available from the date of registration. 

Guide to GP Services

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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

Online 'Pre-Registration' With The Practice

If you wish to pre-register click on the link below to open the form. When you have completed all of the details, click on the "Send" button to mail your form to us. When you visit the surgery for the first time you will be asked to sign the form to confirm that the details are correct.

Pre-registration Form

When you register you will also be asked to fill out a medical questionnaire. This is because it can take a considerable time for us to receive your medical records. There is an online version of this file too, which you may fill out and send to us. When you come to the surgery you will be asked to sign this form to confirm that the details are correct.

Online Medical Questionnaire For New Patients

Note that by sending the form you will be transmitting information about your self across the Internet and although every effort is made to keep this information secure, no guarantee can be offered in this respect.

Alternatively 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

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

The practice will now provide an urgent service to those patients who live within the practice boundary area (Southowram) but who have chosen to register with a GP, closer to their normal place of work (Out of area) which is participating in the Patient Choice Scheme being piloted in the following areas:

• Central London (City & Hackney teaching PCT, Tower hamlets PCT and Westminster PCT)
• Nottingham City PCT
• Manchester Teaching PCT
• Salford PCT

Should patients find themselves unable to attend work due to illness and require the services of a GP either by attending the surgery or by the need of a home visit, we will provide services where clinically determined as urgent.

A veteran is someone who has served in the armed forces for at least one day, and there are around 4.5m veterans in the UK.

When servicemen and women leave the armed forces, their healthcare is the responsibility of the NHS.

All veterans are entitled to priority access to NHS hospital care for any condition, as long as it's related to their service , whether or not they receive a war pension. 

All people leaving the armed forces are given a summary of their medical records, which they are advised to give to their new GP when they register. 

Veterans are encouraged to tell their GP about their veteran status in order to benefit from priority treatment. 

A minority of people leaving the armed forces need access to mental health services; others might require it later in civilian life.

 Mental health

Veterans and Reserves Mental Health Programme

Veterans and Reserves Mental Health Program provides mental health examinations for all veterans with operational service since 1982 (including veterans of the Falklands Conflict).

The VRMHP is located  at Dept. of Community Mental Health, Chilwell, Chetwind, Nottingham NG9 5HA. The facility is headed by a Consultant Psychiatrist with access to a wide range of military experience and knowledge of military health matters within the Ministry of Defence. Veterans with operational service since 1982 who feel they would benefit from seeing the MAP Consultant should seek a referral via their General Practitioner.

What is the purpose of the VRMHP?

The MAP investigates patients' mental health concerns and, so far as possible, it provides a diagnosis if the veteran has a mental health disorder, and recommends appropriate management if required. Advice will also be provided on the extensive support network that is available to veterans and their families in the UK.

How to refer patients to the VRMHP

Doctors are encouraged to refer any patients who are concerned that their mental health may have suffered as a result of their military service and who fulfil the criteria for being seen. General Practitioners wishing to refer a patient should contact the VRMHP at the following address:

Dept. of Community Mental Health, Chilwell, Chetwind, Nottingham NG9 5HA

Further Information

General Practitioners or veterans requiring further information about the service provided can contact the VRMHP on Freephone: 0800 138 1619 or refer to the

Travel costs

The Ministry of Defence is able to assist with travel costs for those attending the MAP from within the UK but veterans should always confirm travel arrangements with the MAP prior to making their journey.

Accident and Emergency (A&E)

Major A&E departments assess and treat patients who have serious injuries or illnesses. Generally, you should visit A&E or call 999 for emergencies, such as:

• loss of consciousness, 
• pain that is not relieved by simple analgesia,
• acute confused state,
• persistent, severe chest pain, or
• breathing difficulties.

If you're injured or seriously ill, you should go, or be taken, to A&E. If an ambulance is needed you can call 999, the emergency phone number in England. You can also dial 112, which is the equivalent for the European Union.

Major A&E departments offer access 365 days a year and usually open 24 hours a day. Be aware that not all hospitals have an A&E department.

Once you're at an A&E department, a doctor or nurse will assess your condition and decide on further action. You may have to wait a short while before you are seen. There is an operational standard in place for A&E services, where 98% of people attending A&E should be seen, diagnosed and treated within four hours of arrival, to help ensure that the care is timely.