Please let us know as soon as possible if you change your address, telephone number or name  It is important that we have up to date contact details in case we need to contact you.

If you have moved to a new address, you will need to be in our catchment area to stay registered with our surgery.

• Check you are in our catchment area

You will need to show us proof that you have changed your name or date of birth. This could be a marriage or civil partnership certificate, deed poll or birth certificate.

The Summary Care Record is meant to help emergency Doctors and nurses help you when the surgery is closed. Initially, it will contain just your medications and allergies.

Your information will be extracted from practices such as ours and held on central NHS databases.   

As with all new systems there are pros and cons to think about. When you speak to an emergency doctor you should be asked to give your consent each time a member of NHS Staff wishes to access your record, unless you are medically unable to do so.

On the other hand, you may not want to share your personal information and wish to keep at the level of this practice. Connecting for Health (CfH), the government agency responsible for the Summary Care Record have agreed with Doctors’ leaders that new patients registering with this practice should be able to decide whether or not their information is uploaded to the Central NHS Computer System.

For existing patients it is assumed that you want your record uploaded to the Central NHS Computer System unless you actively opt out.