How to register at Bower Mount Medical Practice

STEP 1

The receptionist will check to see if you are within our practice area. Or you may check with the map below to see if your postcode is in our area.
If you are, the receptionist will give you a new patient registration pack. Each page needs to be completed and handed back into the practice.

Please note: Registration takes five working days. You can make a routine appointment with a doctor after this time.

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We ask that you have a photographic identification document and a proof of your address from the following table below:

Photographic ID Documents	Proof of address documents (valid within past 2 months)
Driving licence	Credit card / Bank statement
Current Passport	Mortgage Statement
Army ID Card	Council tax statement
NHS staff smart card	Rental agreement

STEP 2

Once the new patient pack has been completed and handed back into the surgery, the receptionist will check the information is complete.

If you are taking regular/repeat medication you will need to be seen by a doctor before issuing. Documentary proof of your medication is essential to provide you with these prescriptions.

Disabled patients and residents of care homes may be registered by authorised persons acting on their behalf or by post.

New Patient Pack

Click on the links below to download new patient information pack

Registration Form and New Patient Registration Information

Live within boundary area?

To be eligible to register at the practice, you must live within the practice catchment area.

Your Named GP

All our patients at Bower Mount Medical Practice have a Named "Usual GP".

We are asked to ensure that all our patients know the name of their "Named GP".

We would encourage our patients to check with reception or with the doctor, to confirm that they are certain of the identity of their named GP, when they have an appointment at the surgery.

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