Anyone, regardless of their nationality or country of residence, is entitled to register and receive NHS primary medical services at a GP practice without charge. You are welcome to attend at either Cranleigh Gardens in Bridgwater or at our branch surgery in Westonzoyland. Full details of how to register are available at either surgery. Please contact reception where you will be asked to fill in two forms:
-GMS1 Patient Registration Form
-New Patient Questionnaire Form
These forms allow us to confirm your contact details for future reference and obtain your past medical history so that we can provide the best possible medical care for you and your family. The GMS1 form allows patients to self-declare if they hold either a non-UK issued EHIC or an S1 (formerly E106). Completing this section of the form is not a requirement for registration. We may ask what date you arrived in the UK, if you were not born here, but you are not required to provide any further information on your immigration status.
You do not have to provide ID or proof of address when registering with the Practice but it is helpful to do so as it makes registration quicker and enables us to track your previous NHS records. It is helpful if you can provide at least one of the documents below when registering:
-ARC card
-Biometric residence permit
-Birth certificate
-Driving licence
-HC2 certificate
-Passport
-Travel document
-Utility bill/ bank statement
If you are currently unable to provide one of these documents please speak to our reception staff for help with the registration process.
Cranleigh Gardens is part of the Safe Surgeries network of GP practices, committed to tackling barriers preventing access to primary care and to promoting the health of everyone in their community. Please note that we do not exclude patients from the Practice on grounds of age, sex, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, disability, sexual orientation, religion or religious or philosophical belief or medical condition.
If English is not your first language please feel free to ask our receptionist to arrange for an appointment with an interpreter.
Completing the above forms does not guarantee that you will be accepted as a patient as this depends on whether you live within the practice boundary and whether there is space available on the Practice list. Please talk to the receptionist when you attend for more information. If we refuse you registration we are happy to provide a written statement as to why.
If you are registering with our practice temporarily please use the tempory registration form towards the bottom of this page. If this is connected with Hinkley point C then there is a form to let us know this and is important that you do so please.
