We have an open list and welcome requests for registration from patients living in or moving to the Practice area which serves Cranborne, Verwood, Alderholt and the surrounding areas within a radius of about 8 miles.  Please note if your address falls outside of the practice catchment area you may be advised that you are out of area.  However, you may still register with us as an "out of area" patient.  

You can register quickly and easily online.  Please scroll down to access our online New Patient Registration Form.  

Alternatively you can ask for a paper form to complete from Reception at either our Cranborne or Lake Road surgeries.

When registering, patients are asked to complete questions to bring the GP up to date with their current state of health. For families with children we emphasise the particular importance of recording immunisations and vaccination history of children.

When you register, it’s helpful to have your NHS number. If you don't know what it is, you can use the NHS website to find your NHS number.

Medical treatment is available from the date of registration.

Once you are registered with us, you may see whichever doctor you choose.  All our medical records are recorded on our computer systems so any of our GPs will be able to treat you.  However we appreciate you may wish to consider one doctor as “your” doctor and to see that one on regular or non-urgent visits. Of course for emergency or urgent visits you will need to see whichever Doctor is available at the time.

We offer appointments for GP consultations at either of the Cranborne or Lake Road surgeries.  You will be offered the first available appointment, which may be via telephone or in person.

We recommend that new patients undertake a health check with a nurse.  Please contact us if you wish to make one of these appointments.

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 temporary or permanent patient.

You can be registered as a temporary patient for up to three months if you need treatment that cannot be done from your own practice. 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 permanent patient with our practice if you still require our services.

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 and infographic guides have been written to explain how the National Health Service (NHS) works 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.

Scroll down for leaflets in English and translated into other languages.