New Patients

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The doctors welcome new patients who live within our practice area. If you move out of the practice area you will need to register with another practice.

All new patients are invited to make an appointment to have a health check with our practice nurse.

Boundary Area

Catchment Area

Register With Us

To register with us, please check you live within our catchment area; you can do this using the map below.

Once you have ensured you live within our boundary, please complete the online ‘New Patient Registration’ form. Please also bring in proof of ID for all patients over the age of 18; a combination of photo ID and proof of address will be needed.


Registration forms are also available from Reception at the Practice.


We ask that all patients attend a brief appointment with one of our Healthcare Assistants as soon after registering as possible. This enables us to make sure we have all of the important details on your health on record and can check any medicines you are already taking. 

Your notes may take a few months to arrive, so the new patient appointment is very important. If you know you need to see a nurse or doctor about an existing condition please let us know on arrival.
You will be registered with a named doctor, and if you have a preference for a specific doctor you may say so. However, we cannot guarantee that we will allocate you to a specific doctor’s list as we need to balance the lists fairly.

Whenever possible we will try to make sure you see your doctor when you come to the surgery. Sometimes it will be more appropriate to see one of our other clinicians (for example you would be better seeing a nurse specialising in asthma and respiratory disease or diabetes or for travel advice. An HCA may be better qualified to do dressings or take blood samples. There will also be occasions when your preferred doctor is away, and we will make sure you see the best alternative as soon as we can.
Please remember to let us know your new address and/or contact details whenever these change so that we can get in touch if we need to.

Temporary Patient Registrations

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)

Overseas Visitors

Those who visit the UK from overseas must pay for their care when they are in England.

In 2015 changes were made to how the NHS charges overseas visitors for healthcare so the NHS does not lose out on income for the services these patients have received.

Find Your NHS Number

Sometimes when filling in online forms or speaking with our staff, you may be asked for your NHS number.

This online tool will help you find your number if you do not know it.

Please Note

You do not need to know your NHS number to use NHS services, but it can be useful to have it.

Other ways to get your NHS number

If you cannot get your NHS number online you can:

  • find it on any letter from the NHS like a prescription or appointment letter
  • call your GP surgery and ask them for your number

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:

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