Register with our practice
We welcome new patients who live within our practice area to register with us.
If you live within our practice area (See map Below – around 5 mile radius) you may be able to register with us.
Anyone in England can register with a GP surgery. It’s free to register. You do not need proof of address or immigration status, ID or an NHS number.
GP surgeries are usually the first contact if you have a health problem. They can treat many conditions and give health advice. They can also refer you to other NHS services. You do not need proof of ID to register with a GP, but it might help if you have one or more of the following:
Passport | Birth certificate | HC2 certificate | Rough sleepers’ identity badge | Hostel or Accommodation registration |Mail forwarding letter
If you’re homeless, you can give a temporary address, such as a friend’s address, a day centre or the GP surgery address.
Please note: You will be asked to upload the ID proof in case you request online access to medical records.
Please Register online wherever possible. If you are unable to do this, you can also download a PRF1 form and register within the Practice, visit this link: Register with a GP surgery using a paper form
Catchment Area (Practice Boundary)
Named GP
From 1st April 2015 all practices in England are required under the General Medical Services (GMS) contract to allocate a named accountable GP to all patients, including children.
Prior to the contract change, all patients at Meon Medical Centre were registered with a GP and had a ‘usual’ GP allocated, on a pro rata basis. This was an administrative exercise to allow for the equitable allocation of test results and letters that come into the practice. For the purposes of this contract change your ‘usual’ GP will become your named accountable GP.
The contract remains ‘practice based’, so overall responsibility for patient care and appointment booking systems have not changed. This is largely a role of oversight, with the requirements being introduced to reassure patients that there is a GP within the practice who is responsible for co-ordinating their care as required.
There is no requirement within the contract for patients to see their named GP and patients are free to see any GP at the practice, as they currently do.
What are the responsibilities of the named accountable GP?
The named accountable GP will take responsibility for the co-ordination of all appropriate services and ensure that they are delivered to each of their patients where required (based on the GP’s clinical judgment) to each of their patients.
The role of the named GP will not:
- Take on vicarious responsibility for the work of other doctors or health professionals
- Take on 24-hour responsibility for the patient, or have to change their working hours
- Imply personal availability for GPs throughout the working week
- Be the only GP or clinician who will provide care to that patient
Do I need to take any action?
If you would like to know who your named GP is, please ask when you next attend the surgery.
Please note that whenever a GP leaves or joins the partnership, the health authority reallocates the patient lists. It may be that your named GP will change under such circumstances. We are not able to contact patients individually about such changes, but we will publicise any partnership changes and advise patients wishing to know who their named GP is to ask at the surgery.
Information and guidance taken from the BMA and NHS Employers websites.
Accessing someone else's information
Proxy Access is where someone is given access to another person’s online medical record, repeat prescriptions, appointments, and demographic data.
Patients wishing to request Proxy/Explicit Access should download and complete the form below. All parties (other than those under 11 years of age) should present at the reception desk with a form of ID for BOTH the requestor and patient.
Patient Consent Form for another person to access their medical record | Proxy Access form
AGE GROUPS:
Proxy access in children under the age of 11
All children under the age of 11 are assumed to lack the capacity to consent to proxy access. Those with parental responsibility for the child can apply for proxy access to their children’s medical records. Additional identification of parental/guardian evidence will be required.
When the child reaches the age of 11, access to the parent/guardian will automatically cease. Subsequent proxy access will need to be authorised by the patient (subject to a competency test). In addition, parental proxy access may be reinstated if, after discussion with the parent(s) requesting access, the child’s GP believes that proxy access would be in the child’s best interest.
Proxy access in children above the age of 11 and under 13 years of age
Access to medical records will need to be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Some children aged 11 to 13 have the capacity and understanding required for decision-making with regards to access to their medical records and should therefore be consulted and have their confidence respected.
The responsible GP will invite the child for a confidential consultation to discuss the request for proxy access under the Data Protection Law.
The responsible GP will use their professional judgement in deciding whether to grant parental access and/or whether to withhold information.
If the Practice suspects coercive behaviour, access will be refused and documented in the medical notes.
Proxy access in adults (including those over 13 years) with capacity
Patients over the age 13 (under UK DPA 2018) are assumed to have mental capacity to consent to proxy access. Where a patient with capacity gives their consent, the application should be dealt with on the same basis as the patient.
Proxy access in adults (anyone over 16 years)
Upon reaching the age of 16, patients are deemed as adults in the eyes of the NHS. Explicit consent is required to provide any third party (including parents/guardians) access to a medical record.
Proxy access in adults (including those over 13 Years) without capacity
Proxy access without the consent of the patient may be granted in the following circumstances:
The patient has been assessed as lacking capacity to decide on granting proxy access and has registered the applicant as a lasting power of attorney for health and welfare with the Office of the Public Guardian.
The patient has been assessed as lacking capacity to decide on granting proxy access and the applicant is acting as a Court Appointed Deputy on behalf of the patient.
The patient has been assessed as lacking capacity to make a decision on granting proxy access and, in accordance with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 code of practice, the responsible clinician considers it in the patient’s best interests to grant access to the applicant.
When an adult patient has been assessed as lacking capacity and access is to be granted to a proxy acting in their best interests, it is the responsibility of the responsible clinician to ensure that the level of access enabled, or information provided is necessary for the performance of the applicant’s duties.
