New Patient Registration

If you live within our practice area (see above tab) you are welcome to register with us. If you have your medical card, please bring this into the surgery and hand it in at reception to register.  Alternatively if you do not have this, please ask for a New Patient Registration Pack and you will be given some forms to fill in and return.  The receptionist will also make an appointment with the nurse for a 'New Patient Health Check'.

It is very important that you attend this appointment as it will enable us to note down any important health problems that you may have (it can often take several weeks for your medical records to arrive at the practice).  You will also need to bring a sample of urine with you, and a urine pot will be given to you at the time of registration.

The health check will involve a blood pressure check, blood sample being taken, a dipstick of your urine sample, recording of your height and weight and some lifestyle questions. You will also need to complete a 'New Patient Questionnaire' (given in the Registration Packs) to bring with you to the appointment so we can record any previous illnesses or problems.

It is a condition of joining the Surgery that all eligible patients must attend for a new patient check with the Practice Nurse.  If you do not attend, your registration may not be completed and you may have to register at an alternative 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

Practice Area

The practice covers the following areas:

Lancashire area:

• Edgworth
• Belmont
• Entwistle

Bolton area:

• Egerton
• Bromley Cross
• Harwood
• Bradshaw
• Sharples

The practice is part of the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership Bolton. All patients, irrespective of where they live, are part of the Bolton Integrated Care Partnership.

Any patients that move out of the area we cover will need to register at a Surgery local to them, that covers the area where you have moved to. You will not be able to remain a patient outside of these areas.

To view the practice catchment area use the tab provided. Catchment Area.

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

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, and we cannot accept patients on a temporary basis who are unable to get a suitable appointment at their own practice, and wish to be seen elsewhere.