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Temporary Patient Registrations

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. 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 please come into the 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.

Named Accountable GP

Whilst every patient is registered with Adelaide Medical Centre, the practice is required by the government under the terms of the latest GP contract to allocate all patients a named accountable GP.

Patients will be informed of their named accountable GP at the time their registration is complete at the practice or within their first appointment with the practice. If you wish to be told the name of your accountable GP,  please request when submitting your next online consultation or ask a member of our Patient Services Team when you are next in the practice. 

Please note: There is no need to telephone the practice for this information. Having a named GP does not prevent you from seeing any other doctor in the practice.

For patients aged 75 and over, the named accountable GP is responsible for working with relevant associated health and social care professionals to deliver a multi-disciplinary care package that meets the needs of the patient, ensuring that these patients have access to an annual health check.

 

How to Access Your Medical Records

There are a number of different types of health record, accessing them is free, and healthcare professionals have a legal requirement to allow you to see them.

GP records

GP records include information about your medicine, allergies, vaccinations, previous illnesses and test results, hospital discharge summaries, appointment letters and referral letters.

You can access your GP records, and nominate someone you trust to access them, through GP online services.

Visit GP online services

Non-English Speakers

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: