Temporary Registration

What does it mean to be a temporary patient?

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.

How do I register as a temporary patient?

 

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.

If the surgery agree to take you on as a temporary patient you will need to fill in a temporary registration form an present it to the surgery with a form of photo ID.

 Temporary Registration Form (PDF)

 
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