New patients

We welcome new patients who live within our practice areas.  As it often takes some time for records to be forwarded from your former practice all newly registered patients will be asked to complete a health questionnaire and are offered a consultation with the doctor. 

Medical treatment is available from the date of registration.  Please contact reception for further information.

Practice welcome leaflet - please read before registering

Registration Form - GMS1 

Health Questionnaire to be returned with GMS1

Patients registering at Dunster surgery may be eligible to use the on-site dispensary; see the 5 reasons for using the dispensary if you are invited to.

You can return your completed registration form and health questionnaire to somccg.reception-dunstersurgery@nhs.net or alternatively bring your forms into either Dunster or Porlock Reception desks, preferably with ID or proof of address.

Temporary Patients

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. 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 practice and complete the form below.   You cannot register as a temporary patient at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered.

Temporary Registration Form

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

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

You can download the registration forms from our website and return them either electronically to the Practice or post them to us, whichever is the most convenient for you.  If you cannot include a copy of your ID then please include a proof of address.  If you are posting please do not include original documentation.  Alternatively you can come into the Practice and collect a New Patient Welcome Pack.