New Patients

Before filling out a registration form, check you are in our catchment area entering your postcode in the Practice Boundary.

The area served by the combined practice covers Spennymoor area  including the surrounding villages of Kirk Merrington, Hett, Byers Green, Newfield, Binchester and Croxdale.  We also take patients who live to the west of the A167 in Ferryhill (Dean Bank Area).

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To register you can:

• Register online using this GP Service link 
• Download and print this registration form.  Complete and bring or send the completed form to Sensier House Reception
• Call in to Sensier House Reception and pick up a paper form

When you register, it’s helpful to have your NHS number. You can use the NHS website to find your NHS number.

Once you have submitted this form, you may need to provide the practice with suitable proof of ID (passport, driving license, bank statement or utility bill).

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As part of the commitment to more personalised care for patients, Practices are required to allocate a named GP to all patients. The named GP will have overall responsibility for their your care and support, with lead responsibility for the co-ordination of all appropriate services.

Where a patient expresses a preference to which GP they have been assigned, the Practice will make reasonable efforts to accommodate this request.

Having a named GP does not prevent you from seeing any other Doctor in the Practice. Your named GP will not be available at all times and there may be times when you need to consult with other medical professionals in the practice, which you are free to do at any time.

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When you register and if you have a mobile phone number, we will automatically register you for our texting service.   This allows you to receive confirmation and reminders about your appointments and other patient/practice communication.

Please let Reception know if you do not wish this service.

Please remember to update your contact details with us when you change address, telephone numbers and email address.

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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 a 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.

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