Patient Registration - Standard Operating Principles for Primary Medical Care (General Practice)
1 Contents
1 Policy statement .................................................................................................. 5
1.1 Aims .............................................................................................................. 5
2 Background ......................................................................................................... 5
2.1 These principles are supported by;................................................................ 6
3 Who can register for free primary care services? ................................................ 7
4 Immediately necessary treatment ........................................................................ 8
5 Assessing patient ID at registration. .................................................................... 8
6 Determining if the patient lives in the practice area ............................................. 9
7 Registering children ............................................................................................... 9
8 Registration of those previously registered with Defence Medical Services (DMS) and Priority NHS care for Veterans .......................................................................... 10
9 Persons released from prison and/or in contact with the criminal justice system 11
10 Access to registration ..................................................................................... 12
11 Refusing Registration ..................................................................................... 12
12 New patient health checks .............................................................................. 12