The doctors welcome new patients who live within our practice catchment area. The easiest way to register with the practice is to complete our Registration form which is located below.

Westhoughton Branch (Peter House Surgery)

https://register-with-gp.ht1.uk?gpCode=P82015&gpName=Unsworth%20Group%20Practice

Blackrod Branch (Blackrod Surgery)

https://register-with-gp.ht1.uk?gpCode=P82015001&gpName=Blackrod%20Health%20Centre

Summary Care Records (SCR) are an electronic record of important patient information, created from GP medical records. They can be seen and used by authorised staff in other areas of the health and care system involved in the patient's direct care.

For more information please visit: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/summary-care-records-scr

If you are unwell while away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one, you can receive emergency treatment from a local GP practice for 14 days. After 14 days you will need to register as a temporary or permanent patient. You can register as a temporary patient if you are staying with someone within the catchment area.

You can be registered as a temporary patient for up to three months. This will allow you to be on the local practice list and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After three months you will have to re-register as a temporary patient or permanently register with that practice.

To register as a temporary patient simply contact the local practice you wish to use. Practices do not have to accept you as a temporary patient although they do have an obligation to offer emergency treatment. You cannot register as a temporary patient at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered.

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: