Ask at reception for a registration form. It generally takes 2 working days for registration to be completed.

We would recommend having any repeat medications issued with your current GP surgery before registering with us, as it can take a few weeks for these to be transferred across to your record with us.

Alternatively, ask your current GP surgery for a black prescription and bring this with you when you are needing to put a new order in with us.

If registering a child, we ask that you bring a record of any previous immunisations – this is normally in the red book.

Access & Disabled Facilities

Greenwood Primary Care Centre has wheelchair access to the building, via a ramp near the front entrance. A disabled patients’ WC is provided and is located at the end of the ground floor corridor. 

A wheelchair is available, if needed, for use on practice premises.

For patients with a hearing impairment, a hearing loop is fitted on the reception desk. We also have a portable audio frequency induction loop system which can be taken into the consultation rooms.

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.

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