New Patient Registration

Register with Abbey Medical Centre as a new patient

How to register

Check you live within the boundary area

To access our registration process, first check you are in our catchment area. If you have any questions about your eligibilty join this surgery please contact us.

• You do not need ID or proof of address to register.
• Patients of no fixed abode can still register at the Surgery.
• Once you have completed this your request will normally be processed within 5 to 7 working days. It might take longer due to exceptional circumstances.

Please read our registration policy

Please note there are a number of reasons why you may not be able to register with your chosen GP. If this is the case, simply choose another GP in your local area.

Please note that every care has been taken in the preparation of information on this Postcode Mapping Tool, however there may be instances where the Postcode Mapping Tool does not include your location even though it is within our Practice Boundary. An example of this may be new housing developments where the postcodes are not yet included on Google.

In these circumstances please check on the [ractice map above for more details, or contact the practice.

Your named GP

From April 2015 GP practices in England were required by the NHS to provide all their patients with a named GP who will have the overall responsibility for the care and support that our surgery provides to them.

The GPs at the Abbey Medical Centre have always worked in collaboration with each other to provide care to their patients. This new arrangement will not change this. However, we believe that having a named GP endorses the important personal link between GPs and patients, promoting continuity of care and reinforcing the value of our long-term relationship with patients. 

However, the new system does not mean you have to only see your named GP. You can see any GP at the practice, not just your named GP. Patients can and should feel free to choose to see any GP or nurse in the practice. You can also choose to have the specific GP of your choice nominated as your named GP, speak to our reception team to request this, and you can also ask our reception team to find out who is your named GP.

The named GP system does not mean that your GP will take on 24/7 responsibility for your care. They can only take on responsibility for your care during their working hours. It is not possible, nor has it been requested by the government, for them to take on 24-hour responsibility for their patients, or to have to change their working hours. The requirement does not imply personal availability for GPs throughout the working week. Your named GP cannot take on vicarious responsibility for the work of other doctors or health professionals both from within and from outside the Abbey Medical Centre.