How to Register
We are pleased to welcome new patients to register at the practice. Simply complete a registration form for each person. These can be completed online or downloaded to be completed and returned to reception. Paper copies are available at reception.
We invite all new patients to an appointment with the practice nurse on registering. At this appointment, the nurse will check your blood pressure and urine. She will also ask about your medical history, medication and will offer advice related to your general health. It is imperative that new patients attend for this examination.
Medical treatment is available from the date of registration. Please contact reception for further information.
Practice Area
The practice area covers Batley/Dewsbury (WF17/ WF13/WF12/WF5) and reaches to North Ossett and Heckmondwike.
Catchment Area
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.
Download the Temporary Resident Registration Form
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
GP2GP
As a practice we have recently started using a process called GP2GP which means that, for most new registrations, we can receive your electronic record from your previous GP as soon as you register with us. This improves the safety of your first consultations with us as we can see what has happened to you previously. Please see this link for more information
Named GP
As part of the GP contract all patients are allocated a named GP when they register- this named GP is responsible for patients’ overall care at the practice, please contact the practice if you wish to know who this is, and if you have a preference as to which GP that is, we will make reasonable efforts to accommodate this request.
The named accountable GP will take lead responsibility for the coordination of all services required under the contract and ensure they are delivered to each of their patients where required (based on the clinical judgment of the named accountable