Temporary Registration

If you are ill while away from home or if you are not registered with a GP surgery but need to see a Doctor, 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.

If the above applies to you, you can register 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 surgery if you are able to attend that surgery. 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 Resident Registration Form