New Patients

Register as New Patient

In order that our patients receive the full range of Primary Care services, including home visits, we only accept patients from Lichfield, Burntwood, Wall, the Longdon Villages, Handsacre, Fradley, Whittington and Elford together with the areas in between.

 

We are using a new online service called [Register with a GP surgery] that makes it easy to register with this GP surgery.

Just fill in this quick online form to start the process. You do not need proof of address or immigration status, ID or an NHS number.

The service is designed and run by the NHS, so your personal information is safe. It cuts our administrative workload and makes it easier for you to register.

Paper forms are still available if you need one they are availiable below in the practice. 

 

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Forms to Download

There are two forms to fill out for each new patient. If you want to download, print, and fill out these forms before visiting the practice.

You can also visit the Lichfield, Whittington, or Boney Hay surgery. A receptionist will give you the forms and help with any questions. (You can visit at any time, but late morning and early afternoon are usually quieter.)

Temporary Patient 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.

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:

Disabled Patient Facilities

The main Lichfield surgery has 4 dedicated parking spaces which share a lowered pavement for easy access for people who use wheelchairs. We have an automatic front door, a lowered section in our reception desk, a hearing loop at reception and a ground floor toilet for people with disabilities. We have signs in colour to aid people with vision impairments.

At our branch surgeries in Whittington and Boney Hay we have wheelchair access, disabled toilets and parking facilities. 

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