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

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New Partner

We are pleased to announce that Dr Andrew Herd will be joining us as a partner as of the 1st December.

Patient Forum

We are keen to hear from patients who may be intersted in improving the practice by becoming involved in our patient forum. Please see the patient group page.

Helping the NHS provide better Care.

A modern information system has been developed for NHS England, which will make increased use of information from medical records with the intention of improving health services. For more Information got to http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/records/healthrecords/Pages/care-data.aspx

Military Veterans.

Are you a military veteran? If so you may be eligible for priority NHS healthcare. For more information see

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Militaryhealthcare/Veteranshealthcare/Pages/veterans.aspx

NHS 111

You can call NHS 111 for non-emergency health care or to contact the out of hours service.

East Northamptonshire Patient Engagement Group

See Clinical Commissioning section for details.

Patient Participation Group Meeting

For more information about our Patient Group or to contact the Patient Group Committee see the Patient Group Section of the website.

SMS Text Messages For Results

Please note that we now send SMS text messages to patients for some Pathology results.

Training Days 2017

The practice is closed for training from 12:30pm on the following days:

10^th May

14th June

12^th July

13rd September

11^th October

8^th November

6^th December

Blood Tests at Nene Park

Please note that blood tests at Nene Park can be taken up to 15:30pm.

New Patient Registration

registration4 We welcome new patients who live within our practice area.

If you live in our practice area (which covers the NN10 post code area within the county of Northamptonshire) and would like to register with us, please complete one of our registration forms that are available from our receptionists. On the form, you will be able to say which practitioner you would prefer to see. However, you will be registering with the practice rather than an individual GP.

To register as an NHS Patient you will need to show that you have been legally resident in the UK for at least the last 6 months. When registering you will be asked to provide the following supporting documentation:

Proof of identity.
Proof that you are legally resident in the UK.
That you have been legally resident in the UK for at least the past 6 months.
That you are resident within the Practice area.

Once you have provided the appropriate documentation and completed the registration forms you application will be processed. Please note that this can take up to 5 working days.

Military Veterans.

Are you a military veteran? If so please let us know as you may be eligible for priority care. For more information click on this link

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Militaryhealthcare/Veteranshealthcare/Pages/veterans.aspx

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.

CQC and information disclosure

Please note we may very rarely need to disclose identifiable information as part of the CQC inspection process

A Patient Guide to GP Services

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

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

Pre-registration with the practice

If you wish to pre-register click on the link below to open the form. When you have completed all of the details, click on the "Send" button to mail your form to us. When you visit the surgery for the first time you will be asked to sign the form to confirm that the details are correct.

Pre-registration Form

When you register you will also be asked to fill out a medical questionnaire. This is because it can take a considerable time for us to receive your medical records. There is an online version of this file too, which you may fill out and send to us. When you come to the surgery you will be asked to sign this form to confirm that the details are correct.

Online medical questionnaire for new patients

Note that by sending the form you will be transmitting information about your self across the Internet and although every effort is made to keep this information secure, no guarantee can be offered in this respect.

Alternatively you may print off a registration form, fill it out and bring it in with you on your first visit to the practice.

Registration Form