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Register as a New Patient
We welcome new patients to register with our surgery if you are with in our catchment area.
The easiest way to do this is by using the online forms above or scanning the QR code, if you prefer to register using a form collect one from the surgery.
You will need the form completing for all parties registering.
Practice Area
Willington Surgery catchment area covers Willington, Repton, Findern, Twyford, Barrow upon Trent, Egginton, Etwall, Ingleby, Ticknall village, Newton Solney and Hilton. To view our catchment area and check whether you live inside the area click here.
If you move, please check that you are within the Practice catchment area. If not, you will need to register with another Practice. Details of other Practices and the services they provide, information on conditions, treatments, local services and healthy living can be found on the NHS Choices website www.nhs.uk
Assignment to an accountable GP
The practice has a requirement to assign an ‘Accountable GP’ to all patients on the practice list. All patients will be assigned to a GP in the practice and this will be recorded on their medical record as their ‘Usual GP’.
Patients will be advised of who their assigned Accountable Usual GP is when they join the practice. All currently registered patients are to be advised of their assigned Accountable/Usual GP in such a manner as is considered appropriate by the practice. In circumstances where a patient’s assigned Accountable/Usual GP is not able to carry out the duties of accountable GP for any significant period of time (other than normal periods of leave) then the practice will be required to assign patients to a replacement Accountable/Usual GP and to give patients notice of the assignment accordingly.
Should a patient express a preference as to which general medical practitioner within the practice they would prefer to have as their assigned Accountable/Usual GP then the practice will make reasonable efforts to accommodate the request. Requests to change an assigned Accountable/Usual GP should be made in writing to the Practice Manager.
Temporary Registrations
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.
Proxy Access
Some patients find it helpful for a second person to have access to their online GP record. This is often a family member, medical next of kin, a close friend or a carer whom they trust to act on their behalf. This is called proxy access.
Formal and Informal proxy access
Patients may choose to share login information and/or information from their online records informally but should be made aware of risks to the security and confidentiality of their clinical record of doing this.
The alternative of formal proxy access, which has to be set up by the GP practice, is subject to a number of checks and safeguards.
It is recommended good practice to have formal proxy access arrangements in place, wherever possible.
To find out more please click here or contat the team at the surgery on 01283 703318 to discuss.
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: