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New Patient Registration

Practice Area

The Practice area is in the southern part of the city, bounded by the three bridges: Folly Bridge, Donnington Bridge and Red Bridge. Existing patients who later move to the  outer boundary (Argyle Street, Bedford Street, Chester Street, Donnington Bridge Road, Fairacres Road, Freelands Road, Jack Daw Lane, Meadow Lane, Parker Street, Radcliffe Road, Stratford Street, Swinburne Road and Warwick Street) may remain registered.

Registration Process

Since April 2004 patients are registered with the Practice rather than with an individual GP.

We ask all new patients to provide photo identification and proof of their address (recent utility bill or tenancy agreement) and to complete a medical questionnaire and registration form.  Both of these forms are available to download from the above "Pre-Registering Online" page. New patients are offered a health screen that includes a review of past and present medical history, blood pressure, weight, height and family history.

Medical treatment is available from the date of registration. Please contact reception for further information.

*Please note due to increased workload, we are not able to take on out of area patients at the moment. The GP Partners hope to review this in the future. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Change of Address

Please notify us as soon as possible of any change of address or telephone number.  This prevents problems when sending you letters, results, making hospital appointments and home visiting.

Guide to GP Services

The Royal College of General Practitioners has produced a useful guide for patients about the services on offer at GP Surgeries and how to access them.  You can download the guide below.

A Patient Guide to GP Services

Online 'Pre-Registration' With The Practice

If you wish to pre-register click on the link below to download the form. When you have completed the form, click on the 'send' button to forward your form to us. You will then need to visit the surgery to complete your registration and sign the pre-registration form. Please bring with you proof of your identity (something with your photo and signature such as a passport or driving licence) and proof of your address (for example a bank statement, utility bill or tenancy agreement) to complete your registration. 

You can attend the surgery during our opening hours:

Monday - Friday       8:30am-6:00pm

Pre-registration Form

When you register you will also be asked to fill out a medical questionnaire. This is because it can take a considerable length of time for us to receive your medical records. There is an online version of this file too, which you may fill out and send to us. When you come to the surgery you will be asked to sign this form to confirm that the details are correct.

Online Medical Questionnaire For New Patients

Note that by sending the form you will be transmitting information about your self across the Internet and although every effort is made to keep this information secure, no guarantee can be offered in this respect.

Running out of medication when away from home

Unforseen circumstances sometimes mean people who are on long term treatment need extra supplies before they return home.

It can be dangerous to prescribe medication without knowing underlying health problems and so in the first instance you should contact your normal GP surgery who may be able to arrange a prescription for you to be sent by fax to a pharmacy of your choice.  They will need you to give them the postal address as well as the fax number, and you can find the details of our local pharmacies here.  If we need to prescribe for you, it would be safest for us to do so having received a fax from them with your medical history - our fax number is on the Contact page.

Temporary Registration

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 as a temporary 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 permanently register with that practice.

To register as a temporary patient simply contact the local practice. You cannot register as a temporary patient at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered.

Download the Temporary Resident Registration Form

The Department of Health has told us that every person registered at South Oxford Health Centre must be allocated a named GP and must be told the name of that GP

Last year we were asked to change all people from being registered with a particular doctor to being registered to the Health Centre.  This year, the Department of Health has told us that every person registered with the Health Centre must be allocated a ‘Named GP’ and must be told the name of that GP.

You will be informed of who will be your 'Named GP' upon registering with South Oxford Health Centre.

What does having a named GP mean?

The Government has not changed the registration process – all people are registered with a Health Centre, not an individual doctor. Our doctors all decided to work in General Practice because they see great value in building relationships with people and their families, and although a fresh perspective is always welcome, we have always encouraged booking with the same doctor to build continuity.

If your GP is not available, please book with another member of staff if you are concerned a delay may cause your problem to be made worse.

What if I want to change my named GP?

If one doctor has too many patients it will be harder for all of those people to see their normal doctor, so if at all possible please will you stick with your allocation, even if it means seeing a new GP.

If you would like to change your Named GP please leave a simple note with reception rather than telephoning to discuss the request.

You do not need you to explain why, and we will respect your choice

How to find out who your named GP is

You can find out in a variety of ways

• Look on your Repeat Prescription slip if you have regular prescriptions
• Looking on letters we have sent you
• By email for those who have asked to receive confidential information this way
• Patients will find out by text message when they make an appointment.
• Discussions face to face and by telephone

If you do not yet know who your named GP is, you can of course ask any member of staff.

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

English	Urdu
Albanian	Hindi
Arabic	Lithuanian
Bulgarian	Polish
Chinese (Cantonese)	Portuguese
Chinese (Mandarin)	Spanish
Russian	French
Turkish	Punjabi
Gujerati	Somali
Croatian	Bengali
Farsi