Registering at Broadmead Medical Centre is a very quick and easy process. As long as you are living within our catchment area and entitled to NHS treatment then we are happy to register you with the practice. Our receptionists will ask you a few questions during registration. The information that you supply will help us give you the best care that we can.

Click here to check if your postcode is within our catchment area. The practice covers all areas of BS1, the majority of BS2 and some of the surrounding area. Further details can be given when you register or speak to one of the reception team.

When you are ready to register come into the practice and ask for a registration form (the form can also be completed online below). Complete this form, along with the questionnaire. We will also need to see your passport and proof of your address. If you are registering a child please bring along their red book or a copy of the vaccinations that they have received.

We ask you for your ethnicity status and religion as this information helps the public health department develop local services around patient needs.

Please note, that it may take up to 2 weeks for you to become fully registered at BMC, and we do not send letters or make phone calls when the process is complete. Please contact the practice to check the status of your registration.

You may have a letter from the Home Office stating that you are entitled to NHS treatment. If you are in receipt of such a letter please bring this with you when you come into the practice to register.

If you feel that you would like help with weight management and/or healthy eating then please do not hesitate to make an appointment to see one of our nursing team. If you feel that you would like help to reduce your alcohol consumption then please make an appointment to see either a nurse or doctor.

You do not need to inform your existing practice that you are moving as they will be notified electronically. If you have organ donation requests, then this information is collected on the rear of the purple form.

We hope that your time at Broadmead Medical Centre will be a happy one. However, if you do have any problems or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact any member of the practice staff who will be delighted to help you.

You can also access a wide range of information and support from our local carers support organisation Carers Support Centre or contact CarersLine on 0117 965 22 00. They can help you with:

• One-to-one support
• Activity groupswith other people going through similar issues
• Carers support groups
• Hospital supportto help carers in a hospital setting, particularly around the discharge process
• Training and workshopsto help you manage on a day to day basis
• Carers assessmentsto help you to get the support you need to be a carer
• Employment supportto help you to get back into work or to stay in employment
• Help applying for relevant benefits
• Carers emergency cardwhich will ensure that the person you care for is supported in the event of you being taken seriously ill.

They have specific workers for parent carers, young carers and for carers who support an adult with a learning difficulty.

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.

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	Farsi	Urdu
Albanian	Bengali	Hindi
Arabic	Croatian	Lithuanian
Bulgarian	Punjabi	Polish
Chinese (Cantonese)	Somali	Portuguese
Chinese (Mandarin)	Gujerati	Spanish
Russian	Turkish	French