Before filling out a registration form, check you are in our catchment area using the map and postcode checker opposite.

Click here for information about “out of area” registration.

Find out which GPs you can register with on the NHS website.

Registering with the surgery

If you live within our practice area you are welcome to register and our reception staff will be happy to guide you through the procedure. Eligibility can be quickly confirmed from your address so please provide proof by way of a recent utility bill. We also require one form of photo ID.

You will need to complete a registration form (GMS1) and a health questionnaire. Both forms can be completed online via the links below.

All new patients can choose to be offered a health check with a member of the healthcare team to ensure that any required tests are up to date and that we have an accurate note of any repeat medication you may be taking.

When you register, it’s helpful to have your NHS number. You can use the NHS website to find your NHS number.

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 for 14 days. After 14 days you will need to register as a permanent patient.

You can be registered as a temporary patient for up to 14 days. This will allow you to be on the local practice list and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After 14 days you will have to re-register as a temporary patient or permanently register with the 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.

From 1st April 2015, practices are required to allocate all patients (including children) with a named accountable GP.

The named GP is responsible for the coordination and delivery of all appropriate services, where required based on clinical judgement, to each of their patients.

• Patients do not need to see their named GP when they book an appointment with the practice.
• Patients are entitled to choose to see any GP or nurse in the practice.

As a parent, family member or carer, you may be able to access services for someone else. We call this having proxy access. We can set this up for you if you are both registered with us.

To requests proxy access:

• collect a proxy access form from reception

Once proxy access is set up, you can access the other person’s profile in your NHS account, using the NHS App or website.

The NHS website has information about using linked profiles to access services for someone else.

If you are needing to update your details with the surgery you can do so by one of the following methods:

• Phoning the surgery and informing us of a new telephone number/email adress.
• Coming into the surgery to submit a change of name/address form (these are avalible at reception).
• Submitting an engage consult with your updated details via: this link.
• Logging into your NHS account or by using the NHS App.

Please note that for accuracy purposes it is best to submit your request in writing and supply us with any proof you may have for a change of name/adress such as a marriage certificate, Deed Poll or utility bill.

If you are a transgender patient you may be missing out on relevent national screening options and it is important to contact the surgery so that you can discuss these options with one of our GPs.

The practice is currently piloting cervical screening for non-binary and transgender patients, please contact the surgery if you are interested in joining this pilot. To read more about the importance of cervical screening follow this link: The Eve Appeal.

If you have not yet changed your name legally but would prefer to go by your chosen name please contact us and submit a request in writing so that this can be ammended. To change your title a new NHS number will be required, contact the surgery or submit an engage conuslt to arrange an appointment with a GP to disucss this.

For further enquiries come ask one of our friendly reception team or call any of our three sites.

Darley Dale Medical Centre: 01629 733205 (Phone lines open at 8am)

Youlgreave Medical Centre: 01629 636207 (Phone lines open at 9am)

Winster Medical Centre: 01629 650207 (Phone lines open at 9am)