Register as a New Patient

Practice Boundary

It is essential that you check your residence is within our practice boundary. This boundary starts at Melville Drive and continues along Hope Park Terrace, Bernard Terrace, Dalkeith Road, Prestfield Road, Peffermill Road, Lady Road, Gilmerton Road, Mount Vernon Road, Liberton Gardens, Howden Hall Road, Frogston Road East, Frogston Road West, City of Edinburgh Bypass, Dreghorn Link, Redford Road, Colinton Road, Bridge Road, Gillespie Road, Lanark Road, Slateford Road, Angle Park Terrace, Dundee Street, Fountainbridge, West Tollcross, Gilmore Place, Glengyle Terrace, Leven Terrace and finishes at Melville Drive.

If you move out of our Practice area, difficulties can arise if emergency calls are necessary during peak times or out-of-hours. In these instances we would ask you to register with a Doctor closer to your new home.

Please phone NHS Inform Helpline: 0800 224488 or visit their website: www.nhsinform.scot to obtain details of doctors in your area.

Change of Address

If you change your address please notify us in writing - either through a letter or by filling in one of the practice forms available from reception. If you move outside the Practice area you will be asked to register with a doctor closer to your new home. Please refer to NHS Inform Helpline or website.

Change of Name

If you change your name we require evidence to prove that you do not intend to deceive or defraud another person.  The following forms of official evidence will be accepted: marriage certificate; civil partnership certificate; deed poll; adoption papers; a statutory declaration and divorce certificate / dissolution certificate.

Change of Telephone Number

It is important that we have your up-to-date telephone numbers in case we need to contact you urgently.  Ideally we would like a home number and a mobile number.  If you change your numbers, please ensure you notify reception.

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

Our premises are adaptable for disabled person access, and patients requiring assistance should advise reception staff who will be pleased to help. A designated parking bay is adjacent to the surgery entrance and the surgery has a ramp and wide doors to allow for wheelchair access.

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