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    Patient’s details
    Please help us trace your previous medical records by providing the following information
    If you are from abroad
    Were you ever registered with an Armed Forces GP

    Footnote: These questions are optional and your answers will not affect your entitlement to register or receive services from the NHS but may improve access to some NHS priority and service charities services.

    If you need your doctor to dispense medicines and appliances*

    *Not all doctors are authorised to dispense medicines

    NHS Organ Donor registration

    I want to register my details on the NHS Organ Donor Register as someone whose organs/tissue may be used for transplantation after my death. Please tick the boxes that apply.

    Please tell your family you want to be an organ donor. If you do not want to be an organ donor, please visit www.organdonation.nhs.uk or call 0300 123 23 23 to register your decision

    NHS Blood Donor registration

    I would like to join the NHS Blood Donor Register as someone who may be contacted and would be prepared to donate blood.

    My preferred address for donation is: (only if different from above, e.g. your place of work)

    All blood types are needed, especially O negative and B negative. Visit www.blood.co.uk or call 0300 123 23 23.

    NHS England use only

    SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS QUESTIONS - These questions and the patient declaration are optional and your answers will not affect your entitlement to register or receive services from your GP

    PATIENT DECLARATION for all patients who are not ordinarily resident in the UK

    Anybody in England can register with a GP practice and receive free medical care from that practice.

    However, if you are not ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK you may have to pay for NHS treatment outside of the GP practice. Being ordinarily resident broadly means living lawfully in the UK on a properly settled basis for the time being. In most cases, nationals of countries outside the European Economic Area must also have the status of ‘indefinite leave to remain’ in the UK.

    Some services, such as diagnostic tests of suspected infectious diseases and any treatment of those diseases are free of charge to all people, while some groups who are not ordinarily resident here are exempt from all treatment charges.

    More information on ordinary residence, exemptions and paying for NHS services can be found in the Visitor and Migrant patient leaflet, available from your GP practice.

    You may be asked to provide proof of entitlement in order to receive free NHS treatment outside of the GP practice, otherwise you may be charged for your treatment. Even if you have to pay for a service, you will always be provided with any immediately necessary or urgent treatment, regardless of advance payment.

    The information you give on this form will be used to assist in identifying your chargeable status, and may be shared, including with NHS secondary care organisations (e.g. hospitals) and NHS Digital, for the purposes of validation, invoicing and cost recovery. You may be contacted on behalf of the NHS to confirm any details you have provided.

    Please tick one of the following boxes:

    I declare that the information I give on this form is correct and complete. I understand that if it is not correct, appropriate action may be taken against me.

    A parent/guardian should complete the form on behalf of a child under 16.

    Complete this section if you live in another EEA country, or have moved to the UK to study or retire, or if you live in the UK but work in another EEA member state. Do not complete this section if you have an EHIC issued by the UK.

    NON-UK EUROPEAN HEALTH INSURANCE CARD (EHIC), PROVISIONAL REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE (PRC) DETAILS and S1 FORMS

    If yes, please enter details from your EHIC or PRC below:

    PRC validity period

    if you have an S1 (e.g. you are retiring to the UK or you have been posted here by your employer for work or you live in the UK but work in another EEA member state). Please give your S1 form to the practice staff.

    How will your EHIC/PRC/S1 data be used? By using your EHIC or PRC for NHS treatment costs your EHIC or PRC data and GP appointment data will be shared with NHS secondary care (hospitals) and NHS Digital solely for the purposes of cost recovery. Your clinical data will not be shared in the cost recovery process.

    Your EHIC, PRC or S1 information will be shared with The Department for Work and Pensions for the purpose of recovering your NHS costs from your home country.

    Are you a carer? Carers Count is a 'one stop shop' for unpaid carers in Kirklees who give their time and energy to look after a family member or friend who needs support due to disability of illness. Carers Count can offer you:

    • A single point of contact
    • Useful information and advice including on benefits
    • Support with carers assessment
    • Group activities and training
    • Support to make sure you are heard
    • Involvement in how our service runs
    Carers Details

    If you would like us to be aware that you are a carer, please fill this in:

    Patient Participation Group

    This is a group of patients and GP practice staff who meet every 3 to 4 months and work together to improve the quality of care and outcomes for patients. PPGs become advocates for the practice and the services it provides. A thriving PPG is increasingly viewed as an indicator of a high-quality caring practice. If you are interested in becoming a member of our PPG please provide your details below:

    Electronic Prescriptions Service (EPS)

    At Rushden Medical Centre we are encouraging all our patients to sign up to the EPS service. This service helps reduce practice workload and enables a faster and more efficient prescription service. Benefits of EPS include:

    • Patients who opt into this service will no longer be required to pick up printed and signed NHS prescriptions.
    • Your electronic prescription will be sent securely to your nominated pharmacy.
    • You are able to change your nominated pharmacy at any time which may be useful if a prescription is to be collected near to a place of work or whilst on holiday.

    *Please note a limited number of medications cannot be sent to a pharmacy via EPS & therefore still require a printed prescription.

    Local Pharmacies

    Patients can choose a pharmacy that they wish to nominate as their preferred pharmacy for use with the Electronic Prescription Service.

    Electronic Prescriptions Nomination Form

    If you opt to use the Golcar Delivery Pharmacy service would you prefer to have medication delivered to:

    CONFIDENTIAL PERSONAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE FOR NEWLY REGISTERED ADULT PATIENTS (Over 16 years of age)

    PERSONAL DETAILS

    Do you currently suffer (or have ever suffered) from any of the following?

    Details of any impairment

    If yes please bring proof of medications into surgery

    YOUR LIFESTYLE

    Smoking Statust

    If would like your prescriptions to be delivered to your home or dispensed and dropped off at the surgery for you to collect at your convenience, please tick the box below and we will arrange this with our in-house pharmacy GDP. If needed you can contact GDP on 01484 646868.

    YOU SAID / WE DID

    Over the last few months we have been asking our patients for their feedback.  You may have received the questionnaire and provided the team with encouraging information to help us understand the improvements we need to review to ensure the smooth running of our practice.

    • You raised concerns that the telephone system was not providing an efficient service.

    We installed a 21st Century telephone system, August 2022.  This provides the team with vital data to ensure that our patients are responded too in a timely manner, it offers patients the option to have a call back and also provides a recording of the telephone call.  This has significantly reduced patient call waiting times.

    • We appreciated your comments regarding an additional GP on site

    We have recruited a further GP to provide additional support and reduce waiting times for appointments.

    • Your feedback raised concerns that extra staff were needed in the reception team

    We have recently employed an additional member of the reception team, this will provide further support during our busy call times and we ae currently recruiting for a further 2 members of staff to join our team. 

    • Requests have been made for additional, routine pre-bookable appointments.

    We have reviewed the pre-bookable appointment system and changes have been implemented.  Routine, pre-bookable appointments are released every Monday for the following two weeks. Due to the changes we have made, pre-bookable appointments ae currently in line with the National Standards on appointment waiting times.