New Patient Registration

If you are new to the area and wish to register at Loughview Medical Centre, please call in for a registration pack or download the registration forms.  Please send (or drop in) the forms together with proof of ID (passport or driving license) and proof of address. 

You will also be asked to complete a medical questionnaire when registering as this allows the doctor to familiarise him/herself with your medical history and any current medication.

All new registrations are then reviewed by our GP partners.  Following approval, you will be invited to attend a registration appointment which will include a brief medical check. 

If you change your name, address or telephone number, please let us know and we will then update our records.  When changing address please check with the receptionist that you still live within our catchment area.

If you have difficulty getting registered in the area you may be assigned to a GP by contacting Business Services Organisation 2 Franklin Street, Belfast, BT2 8DQ. Telephone no 03005550113.

Practice Boundaries

The practice area extends to approximately six miles from Kircubbin.

Policy for Accepting and Removing Patients

This practice has an open policy for accepting patients within our catchment area without prejudice to age, sex, health, nationality or race.  Patients are removed from any doctor’s list, only if there is an episode of violence, unsocial behaviour in our premises or during a home visit, a breakdown in doctor/patient relationship, persistent failure to attend appointments or patients move out of our practice area.

Guide to GP Services

The Royal College of General Practitioners has produced a useful guide for patients about the services on offer at GP Surgeries and how to access them.  You can download the guide below.

A Patient Guide to GP Services

When you register you will also be asked to fill out a medical questionnaire. This is because it can take a considerable time for us to receive your medical records. 

We are developing an online version of this form that you may print off and submit to apply for registration.(This is currently unavailable). 

Please note that you will not be registered until after you attend for your registration appointment.

Below is a HS200 form that you may complete before visiting the surgery or if you are resident in Northern Ireland but do not have a current Medical Card.

Please note this form is not suitable for patients who have come to live in Northern Ireland and are registering here for the first time.

 Guidance Notes on Registration

Registration Form

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

English	Urdu
Albanian	Hindi
Arabic	Lithuanian
Bulgarian	Polish
Chinese (Cantonese)	Portuguese
Chinese (Mandarin)	Spanish
Russian	French
Turkish	Punjabi
Gujerati	Somali
Croatian	Bengali
Farsi

Temporary Registration

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 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.

 Temporary Registration Form