New Patient Registration

Our policy is not to accept a new patient who lives outside a 7 mile radius of Moneymore. If you do live or have recently moved within our practice area, you are welcome to register with us and our reception staff will be happy to guide you through the procedure.You will need to complete both a registration form and a health questionnaire which provides useful information whilst we wait for your medical records to arrive from your previous doctor.

All new patients are required to attend a health check with a member of the healthcare team to ensure that any required tests are up to date and that we have an accurate note of any repeat medication you may be taking.

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

Change of Personal Details

It is very important to let us know of any change of name, address or phone number in order to enable your records to be kept up to date.  If you leave the area, it may be necessary to register with another practice.

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

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

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 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 health centre where a receptionist will be happy to help. The practice does not have to accept you as a temporary patient although there is 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.