HOW DO I...
REGISTER?

To register at the Orchid House Surgery, please bring your medical card to the surgery and the receptionist will register you with the practice. If you do not have a medical card please ask for an application form. Temporary residents are registered on a special form at reception.

Orchid House Surgery does not discriminate on the ground of: race; gender; social class; age; religion; sexual orientation or appearance; disabilty or medical condition.

After registration you may see any doctor.

These days patients do not register with an individual GP, but with a GP surgery. Unfortunately, the computer registration systems at the Dorset Family Health Service Agency have yet to catch up with this change and some patients may still be under the impression that they have to see the doctor named on their NHS medical card.

Orchid House Surgery does not operate a system of 'personal lists' - we have five GPs who are available to all patients. It is therefore not necessary to see the doctor named on your NHS medical card or see the same doctor every time you need to make an appointment, although, as a general rule, it is better to continue with one doctor when being treated for a particular ongoing condition.

ONLINE REGISTRATION

To register online please complete the form below-

REGISTER DETAILS   Title: Please select Mr Mrs Miss Dr Proff Other (please specify) Date of Birth: Town & country of Birth: NHS no. (if known): Sex: Please select Male Female Surname: First Names: Telephone: Mobile: How you describe your ethnic origin? Email Address: Address:   Postcode: Are you a carer for a sick/elderly person(s)? Please select Yes No Previous medical records Your previous address in the UK   Postcode Name of your previous doctor at that address Address of previous doctor Are from abroad? Please select Yes No Your first UK address where registered with a GP If previously resident in the UK, date of leaving Date you came first came to the UK Are returning from the Armed Forces? Please select Yes No Address before enlisting   Service/Personnel No.:   Enlistment date: NHS Organ Donor Registration I would like to join the NHS Organ Donor Register as someone whose organs may be used for transplantation after my death. Please select Yes No Please check as appropriate:- Kidneys Heart Liver Corneas Lungs Pancreas Any part of my body CONFIDENTIALITY - TERMS AND CONDITIONS: The internet is not secure, and the transmission of this data is entirely at the patient's own risk. The practice accepts no responsibility for breaches in confidentiality resulting from patients' transmissions. I accept the terms and conditions above On receipt of your completed application, we will send you a pack with details of our practice and contact you to organise a new patient check.