If you would like to register with us, please check the postcode checker to confirm you live within our practice boundary.

You can then register with us by completing both forms below:

• Registration form
• New patient health questionnaire

You can also visit the surgery to collect a registration pack during our opening hours.

All new patients are offered a health check with a member of the healthcare team.  This ensures that any required tests are up to date and that we have an accurate note of any repeat medication you may be taking.

Your previous practice should supply you with 28 days of medication while we review your medical records. 

As part of the National GP contract, all patients now have a ‘named’ GP.

The patients at Trinity Medical Centre are registered with Dr Brazier. 

You probably think that you already have a named GP or a GP whom you would normally visit at the surgery. This WILL NOT affect your choice of doctor.
If you see a particular doctor at the surgery, you should still continue to see them.  You can also express a preference about who you want your named GP to be.

The ‘named’ GP will, however: –

• Take lead responsibility for ensuring that all appropriate services required under the contract with the practice are delivered to you.
• Where required, based on the professional judgement of the ‘named’ GP, work with relevant associated health and social care professionals to deliver a multidisciplinary care package that meets your needs.
• Ensure that your physical and psychological needs are recognised and responded to by the relevant clinicians in the practice.
• Ensure that you have access to a health check if requested, which is already a requirement of the GP contract regulations

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: