Join the practice
We are accepting new patients again from 30th March
Should you wish to register with the Yellow Practice please telephone 01738 621726 for further details, alternatively please attend the surgery to collect new patient forms.
We do not accept online registrations.
Please see our location map opposite for our designated practice area, you can only register with the practice if you reside in this area. Please click on the image to download a larger version of the map.
It is our policy that patients register with the practice and not with an individual GP. Your medical card will have a doctor’s name attached but this is purely for administrative purposes.
You may indicate your preference to see or speak to a particular doctor, but the practice cannot always accommodate these requests as specific doctors may not always be available.
Temporary Registrations
If you are ill while you are away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one you can receive emergency treatment from a local GP practice as ‘immediate necessary treatment’.
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.
You can also visit a pharmacy, and do not need to see a GP, to receive treatment for some conditions such as:
- acne
- allergies
- athlete's foot
- backache
- blocked or runny nose
- cold sores
- constipation
- cough
- cystitis/urinary tract infection (in women)
- diarrhoea
- earache/wax
- eczema
- headache
- head lice
- haemorrhoids (piles)
- hayfever
- impetigo
- indigestion
- mouth ulcers
- pain
- period pain
- sore throat
- threadworms
- thrush
- warts
- veruccas
If the pharmacy are unable to treat your condition they will refer you directly to a GP or other service for further investigation or escalation.
Non English Speakers
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:
Page created: 07 December 2020