How do I register with The Beeches Medical Centre?
Step 1 – New Patient Registrations
To register with The Beeches Medical Centre you must be residing within our practice boundary.
Please check your postcode using the postcode checker, the postcode checker will show you if your living within our practice boundary.
If your postcode is not accepted, then unfortunately, we cannot register you as a patient, as you reside outside our practice boundary.
Catchment Area
Step 2 – New Patient Registrations
Once you have checked that you are living within our practice boundary, the next step is to submit a registration form.
There are 2 ways to submit our registration form. The easiest way is to register online.
Register Online
Register In Person
Alternatively, you can register at The Beeches Medical Centre, in person at reception or by downloading the registration form below and returning the registration form to reception or emailing the form to HCCG.Beechesmc@nhs.net
No ID or proof of address is required. However, its is beneficial for you to provide this as it helps us find and transfer your medical records to us from your previous GP Surgery.
Step 3 – New Patient Registrations
Once you have confirmed that you are living within our practice boundary and completed the registration form, we will register you as a patient with The Beeches Medical Centre.
How do I register my new born baby with The Beeches Medical Centre?
Congratulations on the birth of your baby, if your already registered with the Practice, then please download our New Baby Registration form below.
Please print and complete the registration form for your baby and return the form to reception or email the form to HCCG.Beechesmc@nhs.net
Information for New Patients
GP & Patient Responsibilities (Code of Practice)
What you can expect from us….
- We will treat you with honesty, respect, dignity and understanding.
- We will treat you as an individual.
- We will respect your privacy and right to confidentiality.
- We will provide health promotion and screening as our commitment to patient care.
- All information we may hold will be treated with total confidentiality in accordance with the law.
- Information about you will only be released to a third party with your written consent.
- You will be provided with full information about the practice and the services we offer.
- We will support you in caring for yourself to improve and maintain your health
- We will ensure that all staff undertake relevant and appropriate training
What we expect from you….
You should accommodate practice systems and initiatives such as care navigation.
You should recognise that you can make a significant contribution to your own and your family’s good health and well-being and take some personal responsibility for it.
You should treat NHS staff and other patients with honesty, dignity, respect and understanding.
You should adhere to our strict zero tolerance policy towards all staff at the Practice.
You should recognise that causing a nuisance or disturbance on NHS premises could result in a prosecution.
You should provide accurate information about your health, condition and status.
You should use NHS services responsibly.
You should keep appointments at the surgery or any other NHS service or cancel within reasonable time. Receiving treatment within a maximum waiting time may be compromised unless you do.
You should follow the course of treatment which you have agreed and talk to your clinician if you find this difficult.
You should participate in important public health programmes such as vaccination and screening.
You should ensure that those closest to you are aware of your wishes about organ donation.
You should attend for your annual long-term condition reviews (if applicable).
You should attend for regular blood monitoring if requested to do so by the practice.
You should give feedback – both positive and negative – about the treatment and care you have received including any adverse reactions you may have had.
You should keep you contact details up to date.
Named Accountable GP
As you may be aware it is now a contractual requirement for all patients to be allocated a named accountable General Practitioner.
Patients registered with The Beeches Medical Centre have either Dr Maguire, Dr Forrest, Dr Baker or Dr Williamson as their named GP. If you would like to know who your named GP is, please contact us on 0151 424 3101.
What does ‘accountable’ mean?
The contract requires the named accountable GP to take responsibility for the co-ordination of all appropriate services required under the contract and ensure they are delivered to each of their patients where required (based on the clinical judgement of the named accountable GP).
The contract remains ‘practice based’, so overall responsibility for patient care has not changed. This is largely a role of oversight, with the requirements being introduced to reassure patients that they have one GP within the practice who is responsible for ensuring that this work is carried out on their behalf.
The role of the named GP will not:
- take on vicarious responsibility for the work of other doctors or health professionals;
- take on 24-hour responsibility for the patient, or have to change their working hours:
- imply personal availability for GPs throughout the working week;
- be the only GP or clinician who will provide care to that patient.
The contract remains ‘practice based’, so overall responsibility for patient care has not changed.
The named GP is largely a role of oversight, with the requirements being introduced to reassure patients they have one GP within the practice who is responsible for ensuring that this work is carried out on their behalf.
There is no condition within the requirement for patients to see the named GP when they book an appointment with the practice.
Patients are entitled to choose to see any GP or nurse in the practice in line with current arrangements.