Join The Practice

The doctors welcome new patients who live within our practice area. This is all postcodes starting with ‘RH16 2’ and the villages of Horsted Keynes and Ardingly. Please contact us if you have questions about the practice boundary. If you move out of the practice area you may need to register with another practice.

Register with us

To register with us, please check you live within our catchment area using the map below.

Once you have checked this, please complete our online registration form.

Paper forms are available from Reception if you are unable to use the online registration form.

Please contact reception for further information.

Temporary Registrations

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.

Overseas visitors

Those who visit the UK from overseas can receive free health care by registering at a GP practice when they are in England. There may be charges for hospital treatment or other procedures.

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.

Find your NHS number

Sometimes when filling in online forms or speaking with our staff, you may be asked for your NHS number.

This online tool will help you find your number if you do not know it.

Please Note

You do not need to know your NHS number to use NHS services, but it can be useful to have it.

Other ways to get your NHS number

If you cannot get your NHS number online you can find it on any letter from the NHS like a prescription or appointment letter.

Named GP

All of our patients are allocated a named allocated GP when they join. To check your allocated GP please check your online services account or call the practice.  

This does not affect anyone’s ability to see any of the clinicians at the practice.