Practice Area
All patients living in our catchment area are able to register with us at anytime. You may also be able to register with us if you do not live within our practice area.
Please enter your postcode below to check if you live within our catchment area.
Catchment Area
Registering with a GP surgery outside your local area can affect the NHS services that you can access including:
- Home visits and urgent care from your GP, including out of hours care
- Community services, such as physiotherapy and midwife appointments
How to Register With us
Alternatively
You can pick up a registration form at our sites at Stanhope, Wolsingham or St John’s Chapel.
When Registering:
- Return the completed form to the practice
Online GP registration service changes in response to the Infected Blood Inquiry recommendations
Important information for patients born on or before 1 December 1995. Starting on 16 June 2025, patients who are registering online with a GP, will be asked a few questions during registration.
Registering Children
Children under 16 need to be registered by their parent or guardian. This usually means filling in a separate form. You may also be asked to provide a form of ID to prove that you’re their parent or guardian.
If you have a personal child health record (red book) from the birth of your child, it will help to provide this.
Registering for someone you care for under the Mental Capacity Act
If someone over 16 is unable to register because they cannot make decisions about their care, registration can be done by:
- A relative
- The main carer
- A lasting power of attorney
- A person appointed by a court under the Mental Capacity Act
Visiting from abroad
You may also be able to register as a temporary resident if you are visiting from abroad.
If your application is refused, you can still receive any treatment you need immediately for up to 14 days
Veterans
The responsibility for the provision of healthcare to Armed Forces personnel rests with Defence Primary Health Care (DPHC). When service personnel leave and become Armed Forces veterans, their primary healthcare becomes an NHS responsibility. Veterans will be provided with copies of their medical records which they will give to their new practice during registration.
Armed Forces veterans are entitled to priority treatment if their injury or condition came about because of their service (subject to clinical need).
Registering Commonwealth, Gurkha or Nepali Veterans
The following veterans are not entitled to receive free healthcare from the NHS after their discharge date from the UK Armed Forces:
- A citizen of a member of the Commonwealth
- A Gurkha citizen
- A Nepali citizen
- https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-armed-forces
Registering asylum seekers, refugees and other migrants
We have a contractual duty to provide emergency and immediately necessary treatment free of charge for everyone, this is detailed in our NHS contract
If you are Homeless
The Weardale Practice has a responsibility to register people who are homeless, have no fixed abode or who are legitimately unable to provide evidence of living within the practice boundary.
At The Weardale Practice we will allow any homeless patient to register by using either a temporary address, such as a friend’s address or a day centre. Furthermore, this vulnerable group can also use the practice address to register if we require a method of contact (for example) should they need to be advised of a secondary care appointment or test results.