Catchment area
Before filling out a registration form, check you are in our catchment area.
Find out which GPs you can register with on the NHS website.
Registering with the surgery
Please complete the online registration form to register with the surgery:
- fill out an online registration form
- All registrations must be completed online. If you are unable to complete an online registration, and have no one who is able to do this for you, please contact the reception team on 01271 863119.
When you register, it is helpful to have your NHS number. You can use the NHS website to find your NHS number.
Summary Care Record
Your core Summary Care Record is created when you register at a GP practice (although you should be given the option to opt in/out during your registration). If you do not express a preference, it is currently assumed that your consent is implied.
The Summary Care Record shares only your contact details, medications and allergies with other healthcare professionals involved in your care.
You can also choose to share a Summary Care Record with Additional Information. This shares contact details, medications, allergies, diagnosis list, care plans, end of life care and immunisations with other healthcare professionals. Sensitive data is excluded. A Summary Care Record with Additional Information will only be created for you if you explicitly choose this option. Only the most up to date information is shared for each category.
Choosing to share a summary care record with additional information is thought to be of great benefit if you are admitted to hospital locally or elsewhere in the UK.
You can opt out of sharing any of your information in a Summary Care Record. If you decide not to share this will not affect your entitlement to care. However, it could result in the delivery of your care being less efficient as other health professionals will not have access to these parts of your medical history.
Temporary patients
If you are ill while away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor, but need to see one please call us on 01271 863119.
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.
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.
Named GP
All patients at Combe Coastal Practice have a named, accountable doctor who is responsible for coordinating their care. Your named doctor will be allocated to you by the practice.