If you live within our practice area you are welcome to register with us and our reception staff will be happy to guide you through the procedure. 

We are using a new online service called Register with a GP surgery that makes it easy to register with this GP surgery.

New patients just need to fill in an online form to get started. They do not need proof of address or immigration status, ID or an NHS number. 

Paper forms are available for people who need them.

The service is designed and run by the NHS. It aims to cut practices’ workloads and make GP registration easier for the public.

To complete your registration you must visit the surgery with the relevant documents required; 2 forms of ID one with photograph and one verifying your residing address. Espcially if you have not been verified online.

All new patients over 5 years of age will be invited to make an appointment with the Clinical Pharmacist for a general health and medication check. This includes height, weight, blood pressure and a few general questions concerning your health, please bring a urine sample to this appointment and all current medication being used.

Registrations can take up to 2 weeks to complete. No appointments can be made until it has been completed. Please ensure you have 30 days of your medication from your previous GP.

If you change your name, address, post code or telephone number, please give full details to Reception. You can also email the information to richmondmedical-centre@nhs.net 

Remember to tell us if details for other members of your family have also changed.

Please download our practice booklet here.

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.

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: