Registering with the Practice :: East Lindsey Primary Care Network

The easiest and fastest way to register with our practice is to use the only service.

It takes around 15 minutes to complete a registration. You need to complete the process in one session. If you are registering more than one person make sure to give yourself enough time.

Follow the link to complete your Online Registration - Register with a GP surgery

You can also register by completing a registration form either obtained from the practice reception or downloadable via the link below.

Before completing the forms, please review whether your address falls into our practice area by using the boundary map. We are unable to accept patients who live outside the boundary. If you are unsure, please contact the surgery and speak to reception.

Registration Forms NEED TO ADD LINK TO FORM
The GMS1 form is required for both child and adult registrations

Please ensure the GMS1 form and registration document is completed in full. The GMS1 form filled properly will help to speed up the process of registration and getting your records from your previous practice.

Completed registrations should be printed and handed in to reception.

If you are registering with us and we will be your first GP in the UK and you do not have an NHS number there is some extra information we will require to process your registration:

Information regarding place of birth and date of entry to the UK on GMS1 form
Patient declaration on back of GMS1 form
It would also help the practice if you could provide any copies of vaccinations or previous medications/ medical history

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 please contact reception one 01472 398202.

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.

If you are leaving the forces and wish to register with us you will need to live within the practice boundary or already live with a family who are registered with us.

When you leave the forces, you should be given the option of receiving your medical records for you to pass on to the GP Practice. Alternatively, you will be asked to complete the Military Medical Record Request Form (see below link), which should be handed in when you register with us for us to request your records from the military.

Requests for military medical records can take up to 6 months for us to receive your notes so we would advise that you get copies of your records before you leave so we can merge these with your NHS records.