First point of call is to speak to your own GP. Even if you are in Cornwall on holiday, you can get a phone or video consultation with your doctor at home.
Go online at 111.nhs.uk or call 111 to get expert advice and be signposted to where you can get the best and nearest care for your needs.
Ask a pharmacist for advice – they’re experts in treating minor health issues like colds, urinary infections, stomach upsets, aches and pains.
If you do need to see a Clinician, then your own GP will be need to liaise with our Surgery or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one, you can receive emergency treatment from any 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. Please make sure you register at the closest GP practice to your temporary accommodation.
If you would like to use a surgery at the St Clare Medical Centre as a temporary patient, please come to the main reception desk with some form of identification and our receptionists will register you with the appropriate surgery. There are three surgeries at St Clare Medical Centre (Sunnyside, Rosmellyn and Atlantic) any of which will be happy to help you. Please notify the receptionist when you attend if you have a previous connection with an individual surgery.
Details of any treatment you have will be passed to your permanent GP surgery. They will add the information to your medical records.
Registering with a GP as a temporary resident – NHS – NHS (www.nhs.uk)
