Registration with the practice

If you wish to register with the practice you will need visit the practice to complete a patient registration form and questionnaire form and also provide original copies of three forms of identity. Two that contain both your name and your address, such as a utility bill and one photo id, such as a driver's license.

When you register you will also be asked to fill out a medical questionnaire. This is because it can take time for us to receive your medical records.

Alternatively you may print off a registration form and practice questionnaire, complete both forms and bring into the surgery along with your identification to register before any appointment can be booked or medication can be issued.

Registration Form

Highbridge Medical Centre Patient Registration Questionnaire - Adults

Highbridge Medical Centre Patient Registration Questionnaire - Under 16 years

Temporary Residents

For General Medical Advice - Please contact NHS Direct on Tel: 0845 4647

For Out Of Hours Advice - Please contact NHS 111 on Tel: 111 - You should use the NHS 111 service if you urgently need medical help or advice but it's not a life-threatening situation.

Call 111 if:

• you need medical help fast but it's not a 999 emergency
• you think you need to go to A&E or need another NHS urgent care service
• you don't know who to call or you don't have a GP to call
• you need health information or reassurance about what to do next.

If you would like detailed local information, please follow the link to our Temporary Resident Leaflet which explains what services are available to Tempory Residents/Holiday Makers, including contact details for local chemists and Local Minor Injuries Units.

INR Monitoring for Temporary Patients/Out or Area Patients

 Highbridge Medical Centre are unable to monitor INR levels for temporary patients, if you are visiting the area and require your bloods to be monitored then please visit Weston General Hospital at the Quantock Out Patients Department and they will be able to arrange this for you.

Address:

Quantock Out Patients -

Weston General Hospital
Grange Road
Uphill
Weston-Super-Mare
Somerset
BS23 4TQ

Telephone:     Main Hospital switchboard: 01934 636363

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
Albanian	Hindi
Arabic	Lithuanian
Bulgarian	Polish
Chinese (Cantonese)	Portuguese
Chinese (Mandarin)	Spanish
Russian	French
Turkish	Punjabi
Gujerati	Somali
Croatian	Bengali