Collingham Medical Centre - Information for new patients wishing to join the doctors surgery

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We currently have a vacancy for an Apprentice Patient Care Adviser (PCA). Please see Current Vacancies for further information.

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Since 2015 the NHS has asked that each practice updates patients records to ensure you have a named accountable/usual GP. We have done this. This does not prevent you from seeing any GP. If you would like to know who your accountable/usual GP is, please ask when next in surgery.

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National Diabetes Prevention Programme - Champion uptake in Collingham

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Ebola virus - Please click on the link for patient information regarding the Ebola virus. Ebola Public Information.pdf

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New Patient Registration

If you move into the practice area registration forms are available at reception for your completion. Should you need to see a healthcare professional, you will be able to whilst your registration details are being processed.

If you are over the age of 16 and have not been seen for the past 3 years, you may request a health check. We strongly encourage you to do this as all adults should have their blood pressure checked every 3 years.

If you are over the age of 75 and have not been seen for the past 12 months, you may request a consultation. We will be happy to see you.

Register as a Carer

If you would like to be registered with us as a carer or a patient with a carer, please let a doctor, nurse or PCA know.

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.

pdf A Patient Guide to GP Services

Practice Area

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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 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.