Patients who live within the Practice boundary are welcome to register with the Practice.  We welcome patients outside of our bounadary as well but must highlight if you do register with us and you reside outside of our boundary we would not be able to offer home visits.

We are using an NHS online service called Register with a GP surgery that makes it easy to register with this GP surgery. Newly registered patients with children under 5 years old are asked to provide us with details of previous immunisations your child may have had. It is extremely important that these are recorded in the patient’s record.

Just fill in this quick online form to start the process. You do not need proof of address or immigration status, ID or an NHS number.

The service is designed and run by the NHS, so your personal information is safe. It reduces our administrative workload and makes it easier for you to register.

Paper forms are still available if you need one.

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.

The Practice welcome new patients who live within our practice area which for your guidance is detailed in the following table.  If you live outside these postcodes you are still welcome to register, however we must highlight that we would be able to provide home visits.

What is an Out‑of‑Area Registration? Crocus Medical Practice can register patients who live outside our usual catchment boundary.
This is part of an NHS scheme that gives people more choice about which GP practice they use.

However, registering out of area comes with some important limitations to keep you safe and ensure you can access care when you need it.

 What Services We Can Provide If you register with us as an out‑of‑area patient, you will still receive:

• Routine GP appointments
• Repeat prescriptions
• Chronic disease reviews
• Referrals to hospital or other services
• Vaccinations and health checks (where appropriate)

You will receive the same quality of routine care as any other patient at our practice.

❗ Important: Home Visits and Urgent Care Near Your Home - Under NHS rules, GP practices do not have to provide home visits or urgent care to patients who live outside their catchment area.

This means:

We cannot provide:

• Home visits
• Urgent care in or near your home
• Same‑day visits when you are too unwell to travel to the practice

 This is because NHS England commissions these services locally, near where you live, not near the practice.

This is confirmed in national guidance: practices registering out‑of‑area patients have no obligation to provide home visiting or urgent treatment in the patient’s home area.

 What to Do if You Need Urgent Help and Cannot Travel. If you become too unwell to attend the practice:

 Contact NHS 111. NHS 111 will arrange for you to be seen locally, by a service near your home address.

 This may include:

• A home visit from a local GP service
• An appointment at an urgent care centre near where you live

 This ensures you receive safe and timely treatment.

 Your Responsibilities as an Out‑of‑Area Patient - To stay registered with us under this scheme, you must:

• Be able to travel to the practice for all routine and urgent appointments
• Use NHS 111 for any urgent problems when you cannot travel
• Inform us if your circumstances change and you are no longer able to attend the practice
• Understand that repeated requests for home visits may lead to a review of your registration

How We Decide If This Registration Is Suitable for You - Before registering you, the practice will check that it is clinically appropriate and safe, following NHS guidance.
If your health needs change and out‑of‑area registration becomes unsafe, we may ask you to register with a GP closer to home.

 If You Move Further Away - If you move further out of the area, we may need to reassess your registration.
Where appropriate, we will give you time and support to register with a suitable local GP practice.

 Questions or Concerns? - Our reception team is happy to help.
Please contact us if you would like:

• More information about out‑of‑area registration
• To discuss whether this type of registration is right for you
• Help finding your nearest in‑area practice

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.

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