St James Surgery - Information for new patients wishing to join the doctors surgery

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PLEASE READ OUR NEW EAR SYRINGING GUIDELINES, FOUND ON THE RIGHT SIDE UNDER FURTHER INFORMATION

Car Parking Information

We have recently changed the layout of the car park. We now have a Staff only area and a Patient only area. This has increased the number of spaces for patients to 6, including 1 disabled bay. If the car park is full there is alternative parking nearby at Sainsburys, Maryport Street, Monday Market Street or Sidmouth Street.

Thank you very much in advance for your co-operation in this matter.

St James Surgery

New Patient Registration

registration

You will be asked to complete a registration form. This can be downloaded from this website. An appointment with a doctor is necessary if you are on regular medication.

As a group practice you may see whichever doctor you choose. You are not necessarily obliged to see the doctor with whom you are registered. Urgent medical problems will be referred to the Duty Doctor.

At times it might not always be possible to see the doctor of your choice and if that were to be the case, an explanation will be offered.

The practice area covers Devizes and outlying villages up to a radius of 7 miles from Devizes. These include, among others, All Cannings, Bishops Cannings, Bromham, Potterne, Poulshot, Rowde, Seend, and Worton. To see a map outlining the Practice's boundaries, please click on "Practice Area" above.

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

REGISTRATION WITH THE PRACTICE

PreRegistration

If you wish to register with St James Surgery, you will be asked to complete a registration form. These are available at the surgery or you can download the forms from here to complete at home (please see the link below, in pdf format).

When you pre-register could you please also read the section on Medical Questionnaires (follow this link)

Please bring the form(s) with you when you visit the surgery for the first time as you will be asked to sign the form to confirm that the details are correct.

You must also bring with you some form of photographic identification an ID card, passport, driving licence etc. For under 16s a birth certificate or red book.

Please note: Every member who is over 16, must attend the surgery when registering for identification purpose.

REGISTRATION FORMS

GMS1 Registration Form

We would appreciate an up-to-date mobile phone number as we now use a system called MJOG which will send you a 'reminder' text message the day before you have an appointment booked.

MEDICAL QUESTIONNAIRE

We ask all our new patients to fill in a Medical Questionnaire, as it can take a considerable amount of time for us to receive your medical records from your previous surgery. This is available at Reception and you will be asked to complete the questionnaire when you bring in your Registration Form.

PRACTICE BOUNDARY

Like many practices, we work through a system of telephone triage. Minor problems are managed over the telephone, while anyone needing an examination or a face-to-face discussion is usually offered a same-day appointment. The system works because most of our patients live locally and can get to us at short notice.

If you would like to register with St James Surgery, but are not sure if you live within our boundary, please follow the link below to view St James Surgery's Practice Boundary map (pdf).

ST JAMES SURGERY BOUNDRY MAP