List suspension

We regret to inform you that from Thursday 14th November 2019 we will be undertaking a temporary list suspension.  Please see the letter above for full details.

We regret to inform you that from Thursday 14^th November 2019, Park Practice will be undertaking a temporary list suspension.  We will continue to register newborn or adopted babies of parents already registered at the practice, first degree relatives of patients already registered at the practice who are living at the same address within our boundary, and patients from the care homes that we look after (details available on request).

Due to an unexpected and unprecedented demand for new registrations, we feel that continuing to register new patients could potentially jeopardise our ability to provide safe care to those patients already registered at the practice.

Please note that the practice is not able to maintain a waiting list of patients who would like to register in the future.

 Once Park Practice is able to commence accepting NHS registrations, this information will be available at reception and on the practice website.

If you are not currently registered with a GP surgery and are finding it difficult to locate one, please call Eastbourne, Hailsham and Seaford Clinical Commissioning Group on  0300 131 4425 (based at Bexhill Hospital) and speak to the Primary Care Team.

We are in discussion with the Clinical Commissioning Group to resolve this situation as quickly as we can and we are sorry for any inconvenience.

 Please find the CCG’s website details below, which allows patients access to further information, an electronic allocation form and contact details, to help ensure that allocation and registration as quickly as possible:

www.eastsussexccg.nhs.uk/your-care/finding-a-local-nhs-service/help-for-patients-if-a-gp-practice-has-suspended-new-registrations/

Out of area registration:

Unfortunately we are no longer able to accept new patients who live outside of our practice area.

 If you are currently registered with the practice and move out of our catchment area, you will need to register with a surgery that covers the area you live in.

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Park Practice catchment area

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

Temporary Registration

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 local 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.

Download the Temporary Resident Registration Form

Please enter your postcode to see if you live within our published catchment area

New Patient Registration

We regret to inform you that from Thursday 14th November 2019 we will undertaking a temporary list suspension. A letter with a full explanation is on our registration form tab.

It is essential that you live within our practice catchment area.  Please check your address on our map before completing forms - see the tab for 'Surgery Boundary'. 

Following your request to be registered with a doctor at Park Practice it is necessary for you to complete a registration form and a health questionnaire. Both forms are available on the above “Registration Forms” tab.

The NHS family doctor services registration form must be completed in all parts including your NHS number and previous medical records information if you have been registered in this country before. The section ‘if you are from abroad’ or ‘if you are returning from the Armed Forces’ must be completed where necessary if the above does not apply.

Please do not leave any questions unanswered on the New Patient Information Sheet but enter N/A if the question is not applicable to you, therefore ensuring we can put your correct medical history on our computer.

These forms should then be returned to the surgery (in person, as proof of address will need to be shown) and an appointment made to see our healthcare assistant for a new patient check.

We will be unable to supply medication until all of the above has been completed.

Please note that we may require patients on Opioid medication such as Codeine, Dihydrocodeine, Tramadol, Morphine, Oxycodone, Fentanyl or Buprenorphine to sign a prescribing agreement.  Example is attached:  

 Opioid Prescribing Agreement

 Guide to GP Services

The Royal College of General Practitioners has produced a useful guide for patients about the services on offer at GP Surgeries and how to access them.  You can download the guide below.

  A Patient Guide to GP Services

Please see below for our practice booklet.

Park Practice Booklet