Join the surgery

To register you will need to be living in Chafford Hundred (within our boundary area) and to produce your medical card, together with your birth certificate/passport plus a utility bill (dated within the last 3 months). Please provide copies as we are unable to return original documents.  In exceptional circumstances, we may be able to register you without production of a medical card but you will need to know your National Health Number. You will need to visit the surgery with your identification documents, and you will be booked a future appointment for a New Patient Health Check which are held on Wednesdays.  

Registration Times for Identification Paperwork to be processed

• Mornings: Monday - Friday, 9.00am - 12.00pm
• Afternoons: Monday - Wednesday & Friday, 2.00pm - 5.00pm

You will be registered with the group practice but you may wish to request to have a “preferred” GP of your choice.  Please feel free to arrange this with the receptionist at your registration.

At your registration appointment, the Healthcare Assistant will discuss your medical history and undertake a BP and weight check.  She will ask you to produce a urine sample (if you have not brought one with you, a bottle can be obtained from reception prior to your appointment).

If you are taking any regular medication, including contraception, you should bring the packets with you for the healthcare assistant to record.  Please ensure that you book a routine appointment with the doctor to obtain your first prescription from this surgery.

Children under the age of five are not required to attend a new patient registration appointment.  However, we will require some important information, such as immunisation history, and the receptionists will give you a form to complete to this effect.

For all new patients requiring an overview of all the Practice Information please read the Practice Booklet 

We use an online service called Register with a GP surgery that makes it easy to register with this us.

Just fill in this quick online form to start the process. You do not need proof of address or immigration status, ID or an NHS number.

The service is designed and run by the NHS, so your personal information is safe. It aims to cut our administrative workload and makes it easier for you to register.

Paper forms are still available if you need one.

Then please email us the following documents to chafford.econsult@nhs.net using the subject title "Online Registration Request".  Please send a separate email for each person to be registered and include:

• Registration Form
• A copy of your Passport or Birth Certificate
• A copy of a Utility Bill (dated within the last 3 Months) 

Ensure all 3 documents are attached to each email for each individual. Please provide copies as we are unable to return original documents.

Please DO NOT send your email until you have completed all the steps above - Your application will not be processed until you have provided ALL of these documents.  Please be aware that due to time constraints we are unable to chase missing data or documents, so it is well worth re-reading your forms to make sure nothing has been missed and they are completed correctly and to ensure that all documents have been attached to your email. 

As a parent, family member or carer, you may be able to access services for someone else. We call this having proxy access. We can set this up for you if you are both registered with us.

To requests proxy access, please collect a proxy access form from reception from 9am to 5pm.

Linked profiles in your NHS account

From 1st April 2015, practices are required to allocate all patients (including children) with a named accountable GP.

The named GP is responsible for the coordination and delivery of all appropriate services, where required based on clinical judgement, to each of their patients.

• Patients do not need to see their named GP when they book an appointment with the practice.
• Patients are entitled to choose to see any GP or nurse in the practice.