Registering with Drayton Medical Practice
Use this service to register with a GP surgery for the first time or to change your current GP surgery. Please check you are in our Practice area using the tool below.
If you think you need medical help right now visit NHS 111 online (opens in a new tab).
It takes around 15 minutes to complete a registration. You need to complete the process in one session. If you are registering more than one person make sure to give yourself enough time.
We should register you within 5 working days of receiving your details.
If you are registering more than one person
For multiple or family registrations, you need to complete a registration for each person before submitting them all at once. If you are registering children aged 15 years and under it is important that you register yourself first.
Before you start
You do not need your NHS number, but it could make registration easier.
We may ask you for:
- details of previous GP surgery
- basic health and medical information
The information you provide will be used to identify the correct medical records. It will also help the GP surgery to offer relevant and appropriate healthcare services.
- Your Full name and previous surname if it has changed.
- Full address with Postcode.
- Your date of birth must be on the form.
- Include your NHS number, if you know it.
- A previous address and GP must be provided unless this is your first time registering.
- Immigrants must provide a date of entry to the UK.
- All babies must be registered with an NHS number on the form.
- Service personnel – recently discharged, and people returning to the UK from abroad must provide their previous address prior to joining the Services or leaving the UK.
Patients register with the practice, rather than a particular doctor. If you do have a preference of which GP you see, this can be recorded when you register. You can also ask to see a particular doctor when making an appointment. This will be accommodated where possible, but it may mean waiting longer for an appointment.
Please perform a New Patient Health Check on our Surgery Pod, self service machine. This can be carried out at anytime, during our opening hours. No appointment necessary.
- As part of the registration process, it is an NHS policy to ask for a patient’s ethnicity and main spoken language.
- Any new patients who have recently arrived in the UK may be asked for proof of residency.
- All patients aged 16 or over may be asked for some form of personal identification.
We ask for identification for two main reasons:
- To prevent fraudulant registrations.
- To reduce the duplication of patients’ records across NHS systems.
From April 2015 any patient who registers will be informed of their ‘named GP’. This is currently Dr Cooper, but rotates on a quarterly basis. This GP will be responsible for their overall care, however all patients are still free to see any GP or health care professional of their choice (subject to appointment availability).
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Temporary Registrations
If you are staying within our Practice Area for a short period of time; on vacation, visiting relations or for other reasons, and you require access to our facilities you can register as a temporary patient.
Temporary patients come in two categories:
- Short Stay – You are only here for upto two weeks.
- Long Stay – You are here for upto three months.
If you are staying longer than three months, you should register permanently so we can request your full medical records incase we need to refer to them.
We may refuse to treat you as a Temporary Patient if you are registered with a GP Practice that is only a short travelling distance away (30 minutes drive or so), as your own GP will always be the better choice for treating you.
Overseas visitors should be aware, depending on your country of origin, charges may be made for any medical treatment or prescriptions you require. Any charges will be made at standard NHS private treatment rates. Please enquire at reception when you register.
A temporary registration form must be completed when you attend the surgery. You will be required to provide:
- Your full name.
- Your date of birth
- Your full temporary address (where you are staying)
- Your full home address.
- The name of the GP and surgery where you are registered.