Join The Practice

We welcome new patients who live within our practice area to register with us. Please check the practice boundary here.

Anyone in England can register with a GP surgery. It's free to register. You do not need proof of address or immigration status, ID or an NHS number.

GP surgeries are usually the first contact if you have a health problem. They can treat many conditions and give health advice. They can also refer you to other NHS services. You do not need proof of ID to register with a GP, but it might help if you have one or more of the following:

If you're homeless, you can give a temporary address, such as a friend's address, a day centre or the GP surgery address.

As part of registration process, you need to email a copy of your current prescription to the practice at admin@watersidemc.nhs.uk, mentioning New Patient Registration in the subject line or email body.

Request To Register At The Practice

To register online please ensure that you complete all fields on both the new patient registration form and the health questionnaire that follows once you click ‘submit’.

Please ensure to fill in your Previous address on GP so we are able to trace your medical records.

Registrations will be processed within 10 working days

Patient’s Details

Health Questionnaire

Online Access

Patient’s Details

Title: *

Please Specify

First Name(s) *

Middle Name

Last Name *

Previous Surname(s)

Sex: *

Is your gender identity the same as the sex you were registered at birth? *

Date of Birth *

Marital Status *

Home Address *

Postcode *

Phone Number *

Alternate Number

Email Address *

Occupation

Have you ever been registered at Waterside Medical Centre before? *

Please provide a mobile telephone number wherever possible. By doing so, you will be automatically enrolled to our text reminder service. We will use this for: contacting you about your health when unable to contact you at home / texting your appointment reminders / responding to your queries / advising when your prescriptions/paperwork is ready / advising you if appointments are cancelled.

To opt out of our text message reminder services please tick here

To opt out of our text messaging for test results please tick here

To opt out of receiving emails from us, please tick here

Parent/Guardian/Carer

Is your Parent/Guardian/Carer currently registered or in the process of registering, at the practice? *

Please enter your Parent/Guardian/Carer details below:

Full Name *

Date of Birth *

Email Address *

Student

Are you currently a student?

Previous Details

Were you ever registered with a GP practice in the UK? *

NHS Number

Find your NHS Number

Your previous address in UK *

Please include postcode.

Name and address of previous GP Practice *

Abroad

Were you born in the UK? *

Country of Birth *

Date you first came to live in UK *

Place of Birth *

Are you coming or returning to UK from abroad? *

If previously resident in UK, date of leaving

Armed Forces

Are you returning from the armed forces?

Please indicate if you have served in the UK Armed Forces and/or been registered with a Ministry of Defence GP in the UK or overseas:

Address before enlisting

Service or Personnel Number

Enlistment Date

Discharge date (if applicable)

These questions are optional and your answers will not affect your entitlement to register or receive services from the NHS but may improve access to some NHS priority and service charities services.

NHS Organ Donor Registration

Organ donation in England has moved to an 'opt out' system. This means that all adults in England will be considered to have agreed to be an organ donor when they die unless they have recorded a decision not to donate or are in one of the excluded groups.

You still have a choice about whether or not you wish to become a donor. If you wish to know more on the law and Opt Out from the register, please visit NHS Organ Donation.

NHS Blood Donor Registration

You can self-register on the NHS Blood Donor Register, if you wish to become a blood donor. Please visit the website to register.

Supplementary Questions

I am not ordinarily resident in the UK

Anybody in England can register with a GP practice and receive free medical care from that practice.

However, if you are not ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK you may have to pay for NHS treatment outside of the GP practice. Being ordinarily resident broadly means living lawfully in the UK on a properly settled basis for the time being. In most cases, nationals of countries outside the European Economic Area must also have the status of ‘indefinite leave to remain’ in the UK.

Some services, such as diagnostic tests of suspected infectious diseases and any treatment of those diseases are free of charge to all people, while some groups who are not ordinarily resident here are exempt from all treatment charges.

More information on ordinary residence, exemptions and paying for NHS services can be found in the Visitor and Migrant patient leaflet, available from your GP practice. Alternatively for more information go to www.nhs.uk/visitingengland

You may be asked to provide proof of entitlement in order to receive free NHS treatment outside of the GP practice, otherwise you may be charged for your treatment. Even if you have to pay for a service, you will always be provided with any immediately necessary or urgent treatment, regardless of advance payment.

The information you give on this form will be used to assist in identifying your chargeable status, and may be shared, including with NHS secondary care organisations (e.g. hospitals) and NHS Digital, for the purposes of validation, invoicing and cost recovery. You may be contacted on behalf of the NHS to confirm any details you have provided.

Please tick one of the following boxes

I declare that the information I give on this form is correct and complete. I understand that if it is not correct, appropriate action may be taken against me.

Signature

Type your full name

A parent/guardian should complete the form on behalf of a child under 16.

On behalf of

Relationship to Patient

European Economic Area (EEA) Country

For a list of EEA countries visit: www.gov.uk/eu-eea

Do you live in another EEA country, or have moved to the UK to study or retire, or live in the UK but work in another EEA member state?

EHIC OR PRC

Do you have a non-UK European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or a Provisional Replacement Certificate (PRC) ?

Please enter the details from your EHIC or PRC below.

Country Code

Name

Given Names

Date of Birth *

Personal Identification Number

Identification number of the institution

Identification number of the card

Expiry Date

PRC validity period - from

PRC validity period - to

S1 Form

I have an S1 form (e.g. you are retiring to the UK or you have been posted here by your employer for work or you live in the UK but work in another EEA member state).

Please give your S1 form to the practice staff.

How will your EHIC/PRC/S1 data be used?

By using your EHIC or PRC for NHS treatment costs your EHIC or PRC data and GP appointment data will be shared with NHS secondary care (hospitals) and NHS Digital solely for the purposes of cost recovery. Your clinical data will not be shared in the cost recovery process.

Your EHIC, PRC or S1 information will be shared with The Department for Work and Pensions for the purpose of recovering your NHS costs from your home country.

Next of Kin Details

Full Name *

Phone Number *

Address *

Relationship *

Are any other family members registered with the Practice?

Please provide details and relationship of other family members:

Carers

It’s important that everyone who works here at Waterside Medical Centre knows you are a carer so that we can offer you help and support if you need it. Anyone who looks after a friend or family member who cannot manage without them, and is unpaid, can register. This includes carers under the age of 18.

Are you cared for by someone?

Name of carer

Relationship to carer

Address and contact details of carer

Do you care for someone?

Full name of person cared for

Relationship to person cared for

Please complete the Carer Information Form, to get your details added to your medical records.

Emergency Contact Details

Emergency Contact Details *

Full Name *

Phone Number *

Address *

Relationship *

Patient Participation Group

We have a patient participation group who meet with the practice on a quarterly basis. This group provides an effective way of patients and the surgery working together to improve services and to promote health and improved quality of care.

If you are interested in joining the group, please complete the Patient Participation Group Registration Form.

Ethnic Group

In compliance with the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 and its Race Equality Scheme any new patient registrations are requested to complete this form.

Which of the following best describes your ethnic background? *

Please Specify

Main Language Spoken *

Do you need an interpreter?

Religion

Social Services

Have your previously or currently receiving support from social care?

Please specify

LGBTQ+

Do you identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community?

FAQ's

What are the acceptable examples of Photo ID and Proof of Address?

Acceptable photo ID:

Current passport or identity card
Resident permit issued by Home office
Current UK photocard driving licence
HM Forces identity card
Police photographic ID card
University or college photo smartcard
NHS smart card

Acceptable proof of address:

Recent utility bill (within 3 months of the current date)
Local authority tax bill ( valid for current year)
Bank or building society statement ( within 3 months of a current date)
Current tenancy agreement
Court order (within 12 months of the current date)
UCAS letter (within 12 months of the current date)

What is 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 Residents Registration Form

What if I live outside the practice area?

Outer practice boundaries are an expansion of a GP's original catchment area. Whereas in the past you may have had to register with a new GP after moving a few streets further down the road, these outer boundaries can be a way to stay registered with your old GP.

You’ll still have to speak with your GP first and, if appropriate, the GP may keep you on the register. Please talk to your GP for more information on this.

Are my details secure?

The internet is not a secure place, however, we have gone to great steps in making sure the information you submit to us is as secure as possible.

We use SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificates to encrypt the communication between your computer and our web server. When you submit your information, it is safely transmitted over the web in an encrypted form and deciphered using the private key at its intended location.

Join The Practice

Request To Register At The Practice

Patient’s Details

Parent/Guardian/Carer

Student

Previous Details

Abroad

Armed Forces

NHS Organ Donor Registration

NHS Blood Donor Registration

Supplementary Questions

European Economic Area (EEA) Country

EHIC OR PRC

S1 Form

How will your EHIC/PRC/S1 data be used?

Next of Kin Details

Carers

Emergency Contact Details

Patient Participation Group

Ethnic Group

Social Services

LGBTQ+

Health Information

Medical History

Family History

Additional Details

Upload Immunisations Record

Preferred Chemist

Online Access

NHS App:

Care Data and the NHS Digital

Summary Care Record for Children

Online Declaration

For patients aged 16 years and over

Proxy Access

Proof of ID and Address

Feedback

Locations

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