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New Patient Registration
Register with the practice as a new patient
Need a GP in Burton Latimer and surrounding area that actually gets back to you?
Register using the official NHS online form in 3–5 minutes.
We aim to confirm your registration within 24 hours (Monday to Friday).
Who can register?
We accept patients in Burton Latimer and the surrounding area.
What you’ll need (to register quickly)
Have these details ready:
- Your current address and contact details
- Your previous GP details
- Your NHS number (if you know it)
3 simple steps to better health
- Start the NHS online registration form
- Complete the form in 3–5 minutes.
- Receive confirmation by text
- We aim to confirm registrations within 24 hours (Monday to Friday).
- Message us
- Once registered, you can contact us online or NHS app during opening hours for advice, prescriptions and appointment requests.
Aim: Confirmation within 24 hours (Monday to Friday)
Access that fits around your lifestyle
You shouldn’t have to queue, keep calling at 8am, or wait weeks without knowing what’s happening next. With Burton Latimer Medical Centre, you can:
- Request help without repeatedly calling the practice
- Get clear next steps by message
- Use phone, video or in-person appointments when appropriate
Our promise to you
- Direct access to the right clinician or team for your request
- Flexible appointment options: phone, and in-person when clinically needed
- Clear communication so you know what’s happening next
Temporary Services
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 simply contact the practice you wish to use. 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.
Your Named GP
The 'Named' GP will:
- Take lead responsibility for ensuring that all appropriate services required under the contract with the practice are delivered to you.
- Where required, based on the professional judgement of the ‘named’ GP, work with relevant associated health and social care professionals to deliver a multidisciplinary care package that meets your needs.
- Ensure that your physical and psychological needs are recognised and responded to by the relevant clinicians in the practice
- Ensure that patients over 75 years of age have access to a health check if requested, which is already a requirement of the GP contract regulations.
The Practice will ensure that there is a named accountable GP assigned to each patient.
New patients will be allocated a GP at the time of registration.
Your named accountable GP will be the same as your usual GP however, this does not affect your ability to see any GP of your choice as you currently do.
This does not prevent you from seeing any GP in the practice, as you may currently choose to do so. Neither does it guarantee you will see your named GP every time you visit the surgery or give you priority access over other patients to your named GP.