Register with the practice

You can use the Find a GP service to look for a surgery.  Please check our boundary map to ensure you are within our catchment area.

The Elms Medical Practice is proud to be a SAFE SURGERY for everyone in our community. 

Everyone in the UK has the right to free care from a GP. If you don’t have proof of ID or address, you can still register. Immigration status or nationality does not matter - reception won’t ask for immigration documents and won’t share your information with the Home Office unless serious crime is involved. Click here to view this statement in other languages 

We are using a new online service that makes it easy to register with us. Just fill in this quick Online Registration Form to start the process.  You do not need proof of address or immigration status, ID or an NHS number. The service is part of the NHS, so your personal information will be kept safe.  You will be registered within 48 hours.

It is possible for patients to register via paper form. You can download the paper form here.

If you have any questions about registration or need support during the process, please click here. Alternatively, complete this form and a member of our admin team will contact you.

Find your NHS number here

Please note, in order to be able to register a child/minor with the practice, the parent/main carer must also be registered with us. Thank you.

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Temporary Registration

If you have been a resident in the practice area for more than 24 hours, but less than three months, you will be offered the option of registering as a temporary patient. 

Please note: If there is uncertainty around the length of time you will reside in the practice area, you will be registered as a permanent patient. For example, asylum seekers residing in Home Office accommodation.

Temporary Resident Registration Form

Emergency Treatment

All GP practices have a contractual duty to provide emergency treatment and immediately necessary treatment free of charge for up to 14 days. This applies to any person within the practice area who:

  • Has been refused application for inclusion in the practice’s list of patients
  • Is not registered with another provider of essential services
  • Has had their application for acceptance as temporary resident rejected

Patient Health Questionnaires

NHS England has commissioned Doctors of the World UK (DOTW UK) to produce an adult and a child patient health questionnaire for refugees and people seeking sanctuary in the UK.

The questionnaires are designed to be completed by newly registered refugees and people seeking asylum, and cover questions related to personal demographics, acute and chronic health needs including those associated with your pre-migration and migration experiences, medication and vaccination requirements, family history and lifestyle.

The questionnaires have been translated into 28 languages: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese Mandarin, Dari, Farsi, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Kurdish (Sorani), Lithuanian, Nepali, Nepali Pahari,  Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Shona, Slovakian, Somali, Spanish, Sylheti, Tagalog, Tamil, Tigrinya, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu.