Register with our practice

You may register as a patient if you live within the practice boundary, by filling out a new patient registration form available from reception. You will also be asked to fill out a health questionnaire, and to make an appointment with our practice Nurse/Health Care Assistant for a health check. This enables us to get baseline details about you on our records.

Catchment Area (Practice Boundary)

Named GP

All our patients, including children, have been allocated a named accountable GP.

Will practices have to write to patients to tell them their named GP?
There is no requirement to write to any of our patients regarding their named GP. However, we are required to inform patients of their named GP at the next appropriate interaction and it is for practices to decide what is appropriate.

What does ‘accountable’ mean?

The named accountable GP will take responsibility for the co-ordination of all appropriate services required under the contract and ensure they are delivered to each of their patients where required (based on the clinical judgement of the named accountable GP).

The contract remains ‘practice based’, so overall responsibility for patient care has not changed. This is largely a role of oversight, with the requirements being introduced to reassure patients that they have one GP within the practice who is responsible for ensuring that this work is carried out on their behalf.

What are the named GP’s responsibilities to 75s and over?

This is unchanged from 2014-2015; for patients aged 75 and over the named accountable GP is responsible for:

working with relevant associated health and social care professionals to deliver a multi-disciplinary care package that meets the needs of the patient
ensuring that these patients have access to a health check as set out in section 7.9 of the GMS Contract Regulations.

Does the requirement mean 24-hour responsibility for patients?

No. The named GP will not:

take on vicarious responsibility for the work of other doctors or health professionals
take on 24-hour responsibility for the patient, or have to change their working hours. The requirement does not imply personal availability for GPs throughout the working week
be the only GP or clinician who will provide care to that patient

Can patients choose their own named GP?

Patients are simply be allocated a named GP. However, if a patient requests a particular GP, reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate their preference, recognising that there are occasions when the practice may not feel the patient’s preference is suitable.