New Patients

New Patient Registration

We welcome applications from new patients who live in our practice area. However, only patients who are housebound and live within the Burnley area (BB10, BB11, BB12) are eligible to receive a home visit.

  1. You can now register as a patient online. This can be done via your NHS app or by clicking on the link at the bottom of this section.

  2. If you're unable to register online, please download and print the registration form and the 'New Patient Opiate Agreement' and call at one of our sites.

All newly registered patients are invited to attend the Surgery for a full health check with either one of our Health Care Assistants. The purpose of this consultation is to assist us, both in assessing your previous medical history, and in your overall future medical care.

You will be registered with one of the Partners, however we do not insist that you see that particular Doctor. Patients are free to see whichever Doctor they are most comfortable with although this is not always guaranteed.

 

Register online with Burnley Group Practice

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All patients who register at the surgery will be allocated a ‘assigned practitioner’, this will be one of the 11 partners.

Please note that this do not mean that patients are to only see their allocated GP.

Download the Registration Form

When you register, it’s helpful to have your NHS number. You can use the NHS website to find your NHS number. If you have recently moved from overseas and do not yet have an NHS number, we can provide one for you.  Ensure to complete all details on the form including the date you moved to the UK.

You will need to fill in the New Patient Registration Form for each adult or child wanting to join the surgery and a New Patient Opiate Agreement for anyone aged 16+.

Please input your postcode below to check if you are in our catchment area

To ensure that GP practices do not take on too many patients, each GP practice is assigned a geographical area called a catchment area.

From time to time, the boundaries of each catchment area may change according to population changes in the area. 

Some GP practices have opted into a scheme where they can accept patients that live outside the catchment area. This gives people more choice about where to register. You must contact the GP practice directly to find out if it has opted into this scheme. 

opiate policy

Opiate Prescribing Policy

Burnley Group Practice are currently revising our prescribing practice to ensure the ultimate safety to all of our patients. We now run a well-established pharmaceutical team who deal specifically with prescription related queries, and to ease communication with patients. 

We adopt a strict opiate prescribing policy for new and current patients within Burnley Group Practice. New patients will be required to sign an opiate agreement, which includes a review within TWO weeks of joining the practice, to assess the appropriateness and dosing of the opiate medication. These reviews will be booked with a clinical pharmacist or GP at Burnley Group Practice. In some circumstances a prescription may be deemed inappropriate, in which case a reduction plan will be initiated. 

We also do NOT issue medicines such as Benzodiazepines (e.g Diazepam or Gabapentin), or any sedative medication for insomnia such as (Zopiclone, Zolpiderm) on a long term basis. Any patient on such medication will be required to sign an agreement, for review and appropriate management of these medications. It may be deemed that such medicines are inappropriate; in such cases reduction plans will be commenced.

Temporary Patient Registrations

If you are taken ill or need medical assistance while away from your home town or if you are not registered with any other practice, you are entitled to see a GP as a temporary patient. This is only for a period of up to three months, any time after this you will be required to either return to your usual GP practice or register as a permanent patient. 

We are obliged to offer you emergency treatment should you need it, however you are unable to register as a temporary patient if the GP practice you are already registered with is in the same town/catchment area. 

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:

Disabled Patient Facilities

The St Peters site can be accessed via travellator to the first floor main St Peter's Centre reception then take the blue lift to the 3 rd floor. Or from the ground floor take the orange lift.

There are no stairs, however if you are unable to use the lifts please go to the main reception or ask the volunteers for assistance.

Our Kiddrow Lane site is a single story building with disabled access.

Our Manchester Road site is on two flors but has disabled access, if you are making an appointment at Manchester Road and are unable to use the stairs, please mention this to the receptionist at the time of making your appointment.

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Please click here to get directions.