New Patient Registration

If you would like to register with the practice please use this form.

To register a new patient you will need to live within our practice catchment area. The practice is happy to accept patients from all parts of Renfrew, covering the PA4 postal code. Our practice area covers all parts of Renfrew and Inchinnan.

If you change your address or telephone number please inform the practice. If you move out with the area covered by the practice you will have to register with a doctor in the area in which you are living.

In accordance with Greater Glasgow and Clyde recommendations, all new patients should present two forms of identification which proves residency and authenticates their identity. This is required to reduce and prevent fraudulent attempts to obtain or misuse NHS care. Overseas visitors may be asked for additional information to prove NHS entitlement.

One form of identity must ideally be photographic such as:

• Passport
• Drivers license
• Official ID card from public services body
• Student matriculation card

Other documents for proof of residency that are acceptable are:

• Recent utility bill within last 3 months
• Council tax document
• Television license
• Payslips within last two months
• Rent book/agreement, form a public body or private landlord
• Bank statement, name and address section only required
• Solicitors letter, clearly showing name and address

If unable to provide photographic evidence then you must present one of the above and one of the following:

• Birth Certificate
• Marriage Certificate
• Divorce / Annulment Papers.

You will be offered the opportunity to have a new patient health check. This allows us to gather any relevant information we may require before your medical record is received from your former GP.

If you prefer a particular type of doctor, such as a female for female patients and vice versa, we will do our best to accommodate this. However, not all doctors in the practice provide all services and specific doctors may not be immediately available.

If you change your address or telephone number please inform the practice. If you move out with the area covered by the practice you will have to register with a doctor in the area in which you are living.

Patients visiting from another area in the UK for a period of less than 3 months, and who become unwell, are entitled to be seen as a temporary resident. You will be able to make an appointment in the same way as one of our normally registered patients.

If you only require a supply of your regular medication and you are normally resident in Scotland, it may be possible to obtain this from a local pharmacy under the “unscheduled care” scheme. This will avoid any delay whilst waiting for a GP appointment. If you are ordinarily resident in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, it still may be possible for a pharmacist to liaise directly with your usual GP in order to arrange medication.