HOW TO REGISTER

Welcome to Naseby Medical Centre

We are pleased to accept registration requests from patients who are living within the Practice catchment area indicated on the map below:

How to register as a new patient

You can register by completing a registration form and a health questionnaire available from reception. You can download the registration form below:

Registration form

Adult health questionnaire

Child health questionnaire

The completed forms plus proof of address and photo ID (recent utility bills, recent bank/financial statements, tenancy agreements, passport or a valid driving licence are acceptable items) is preferred for each adult wishing to register at our surgery.

Please return these forms to the surgery.

Please ask reception about online access

Any new patients already receiving regular medication will need to make an appointment with one of our GPs before any future prescriptions can be issued. All medical treatment is available from the date of your completed registration. Please ensure that you have sufficient supplies of medication from your previous surgery to last you until an appointment has been arranged at this practice.

Temporary patients

If you are ill while away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one you can receive emergency treatment from the local GP practice where you are.

You can be registered as a temporary patient for up to three months if needed. 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.

If you are visiting and wish to see a GP at this practice please contact our reception team on 0121 327 1878 and we will make the necessary arrangements.

If you were registered at this practice and have moved away ie university, college, it is likely that you will have been registered for GP services at your new address. When you return home for holiday periods you may need to complete a Temporary Services Form to register as a temporary patient.

Please see NHS guidance on how to register as a temporary resident with a GP or contact the patient services team via reception for further information.

Information for Transgender Patients

Updating your details

A trans person can change their name and gender marker at their GP practice just
by requesting it. They do not need to have been to a Gender Identity Clinic, taken
any hormones, undergone any surgery, or have a Gender Recognition Certificate.
The law in the UK regarding names is actually very unusual, stating that anyone can
call themselves by any first name without any documentation at all – as long as they
are known by it, it is a legal name! Despite this, Primary Care Support England
(PCSE) recommend that healthcare services see a deed poll before changing a
patient’s name on their medical record. For this reason, we will ask for a deed poll
when amending your names/details. You can obtain a free Deed Poll online
at freedeedpoll.org.uk.
Changing your name will not automatically change the gender marker on your
medical record, you need to let us know if you also want this to be changed. We
make a request to PCSE for this to happen on your behalf.

What happens?

When your gender is changed you will be issued with a new NHS number (which is
not reversible) and registered at the practice as a ‘new patient’. All previous medical
information will also be transferred to this new medical record.
Any information relating to your previous gender identity will not be included in the
new record. We will generally use gender neutral language or anonymise details in
order to retain any important information. For example, using phrases such as ‘the
patient had a smear on….’ rather than ‘she had a smear on…’. This is to protect
confidential information and ensure the practice is in line with the Gender
Recognition Act 2004 which makes disclosing an individual’s trans history unlawful in
many instances.

What should I be aware of?

Changing your gender marker may affect whether you are invited to important
medical screening tests that you still need. During your life the NHS will invite you to
a number of screening tests for common conditions. As the prevalence of these
conditions is different for men and women, some tests only invite people who have
“female” on their NHS record, and some tests only invite people who have “male” on
their NHS record. This can mean people who have changed their gender marker can
be invited to the wrong tests for the body parts they have.
When you change your gender marker, you should remember that you may not
receive reminders for the tests you need, and may have to ask for them yourself. In
summary;

Trans women and non-binary people assigned male at birth who are registered
with a GP as female:

 are invited for breast screening
 are invited for bowel cancer screening
 do not need cervical screening as they do not have a cervix
 are not routinely invited for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening, but
can request screening

Trans women and non-binary people assigned male at birth who are registered
with a GP as male:
 are not routinely invited for breast screening, but can request screening
 are invited for bowel cancer screening
 do not need cervical screening as they do not have a cervix
 are invited for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening

Trans men and non-binary people assigned female at birth who are registered
with a GP as female:
 are invited for breast screening
 are invited for bowel cancer screening
 are invited for cervical screening
 are not invited for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening

Trans men and non-binary people assigned female at birth who are registered
with a GP as male:
 are not routinely invited for breast screening, but can request screening
 are invited for bowel cancer screening
 are not routinely invited for cervical screening, but can request screening
 are invited for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening, but do not have a
high risk of AAA

Should you require reminders for any of the screening tests which are affected by
your gender change, please discuss this with us and we will be happy to help by
adding diary entries to your record so we can remind you.
Current referrals

If you are already under the care of a specialist department (gender identity clinic or
other) we will also have to let them know about the changes to your record and your
new NHS number so as not to interrupt your care.

Links to further information

Screening for transgender people:
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/tips-for-everyday-living/lgbtqia-mental-
health/useful-contacts/
https://www.transunite.co.uk/
LGBT Switchboard
Gender Identity Research & Education Society