New Patient Registration

We have an open list and welcome requests for registration from patients living in or moving to the practice area.  You can download the current practice brochure, but the information can also be found on this website.

Practice Brochure 

Our practice area extends to Chollerton to the north, Corbridge to the east, Blanchland to the south and Haydon Bridge to the west.  The map below is an approximate guide to our area.  Further details area available from our Practice Manager.

Practice_Area_map.pdf

You can register by bringing along your NHS medical card or completing a form available from reception. The forms are available to download from this website.  Please look under the pre-registration tab at the top of this page for new patients.  Under some circumstances we may need to ask you to prove your eligibility to receive NHS services and to do this you will need to provide a recent utility bill plus a valid UK passport,  proof of asylum seeker status, work permit or other proof  of your right to live in the UK, as appropriate.

Although for technical reasons you will be registered with a particular doctor, your registration is held with the Practice, rather than an allocated GP.  This means you are free to book appointments with any of our Doctors.  However for continuity of care we would always encourage patients to see the same Doctor, wherever possible, for the duration of an illness. 

We recommend that new patients undertake a health check with one of our Practice Nurses.   Please contact reception to make an appointment.  If you are on repeat medication you will also need to make an appointment with a GP so that we can arrange prescriptions for you.

We have a dedicated team of GP's, Practice Nurses, Receptionists and Admin staff.  They work closely with Community staff, District Nurses, Health Visitors, Midwife, Dietician, Counsellors and with Secondary Care staff in hospitals to provide you with the best possible co-ordinated health care.

We offer a full general practice service with dedicated clinics run by specialist clinicians.  We are proud of our achievements in recent years in the governments performance rating for GP practice but will continually work towards improving the service we offer.  We aim to provide a personal, courteous, effective and efficient service to all our patients. 

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

Registration with the practice

Please print off an NHS registration form and a New Patient Questionnaire, fill them out and bring them in with you on your first visit to the practice.  If there is more than one person registering, we will need both forms for each new patient.

Welcome Letter for New Patients

NHS Registration Form

New patient Questionnaire for patients 14 years or over

New Patient Questionnaire for Children 13 years and under

When you register you are asked to fill out a medical questionnaire because it can take a considerable time for us to receive your medical records. When you come to the surgery you will be asked to sign this form to confirm that the details are correct.

Please note that if you send this form electronically, 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.

Please find below some comments from a recent patient survey (summer 2010).

Impressed with the initial consultation with the surgery nurse when I first joined, which was very thorough.

Doctors at the practice take the time to put me at ease and allow me to say what I need to.  I have been very impressed with the practice so far (after 2 consultations).

Very happy with the service provided.  Than you all very much for your hard work ad sonsiderate and friendly approach which is really appreciated.

It is an excellent health centre.

I am very happy with this service.

Very conveniently situated.

August 2010

October 2010

Christmas 2010