HOW TO JOIN YEALM MEDICAL CENTRE

Since 2015, all GP practices in England have been free to register new patients who live outside their practice boundary area. This means you can register with a GP practice where that's more convenient for you, such as a practice near your work or closer to your children's schools.

These arrangements are voluntary for GP practices. If the practice has no capacity at the time, or feels it is not clinically appropriate or practical for you to be registered so far away from home, they can still refuse registration. Because of the greater distance to your home, the GP you register with is under no obligation to offer you a home visit. If you are not well enough to go to the practice yourself you can call the NHS 111 service to speak to a fully trained adviser. This service is available 24 hours a day.

Please note that as of 9 May 2022 we no longer accept Sherford residents as they are outside of our boundary area. If someone in your household is already registered with us and your postcode is out of area, please enquire with us. 

Do you live within our Registering Boundary Area?

How to register

If you would like to join the practice you can register online here. You can also register using a paper form at the Practice. Please bring proof of address (Utility Bill etc) and your NHS (National Health Service) number with you when you come to register if you are able.

As a patient you have the right to express preference as to which GP you wish to see. However, if you require an appointment and your preferred GP is not available, you will be offered an appointment with another doctor. If you still wish to see your preferred GP you may have to wait longer.

Disabled Patient Facilities

Disabled patient facilities are also available at this practice: car parking space, ramp, lift, toilet and there are no stairs between the waiting rooms and clinical rooms. 

Our hearing loop is currently out of service. If you require an interpretor for your appointment please let us know and we will book one through Sign Solutions. We cannot guarantee being able to book an interpretor on the day so please give us some notice so we can accommodate. 

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Non English Speakers

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