Join the Practice
Catchment Area
Before filling out a registration form, check you are in our catchment area by using the map and postcode checker opposite.
Find out which GPs you can register with on the NHS website.
Registering with the surgery
To register with the surgery:
- visit reception at either Mayland or Tillingham to collect paper registration forms
When you register, you will need to have your NHS number and at least two forms of ID - i.e Passport / utility bill / driving licence / bank statement / council tax bill.
You can use the NHS website to find your NHS number.
Practice Boundary
Temporary Registrations
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 permanent patient.
If you are registered at a surgery within Essex, reception will direct you back to contact your own GP as you are still within their boundaries.
To register as a temporary patient simply contact reception. Practices do not have to accept you as a temporary patient although they do have an obligation to offer emergency treatment.
Accountable GP
From 1st April 2015, practices are required to allocate all patients (including children) with a named accountable GP.
The named GP is responsible for the coordination and delivery of all appropriate services, where required based on clinical judgement, to each of their patients.
- Patients do not need to see their named GP when they book an appointment with the practice.
- Patients are entitled to choose to see any GP or nurse in the practice.
Accessing someone else’s information
As a parent, family member or carer, you may be able to access services for someone else. We call this having proxy access. We can set this up for you if you are both registered with us.
To requests proxy access:
- collect a proxy access form from reception
Linked profiles in your NHS account
Once proxy access is set up, you can access the other person’s profile in your NHS account, using the NHS App or website.
The NHS website has information about using linked profiles to access services for someone else.