We will register anyone living within our practice boundary, which covers an approximately seven mile radius of Saffron Walden (almost 154 square miles). Please ask at reception if you're not sure. Please, if possible, bring your medical card(s) to the surgery when you register. We will also ask you to complete a short form and a medical questionnaire, including details of your last doctor.
If possible, please bring current photo ID (such as a Driving Licence or a Passport) with you to register with the practice. For legal reasons, we will need a photo ID to register you for the full range of online services. This is not essential to register with the practice for medical services. If you have no fixed address, please discuss with us how we can best register you with the practice.
We recognise the important role of carers in looking after dependent relatives, so please tell us if you are a Carer (doesn't have to be for a Gold Street patient).
It is our practice policy to only register children with the practice if an appropriate close adult relative (usually their mother or father) is also registered at the practice.
Your registration will be with the practice but it is the right of patients to express a preference of practitioner. Please do this on the new patient questionnaire. Whilst the practice will endeavour to offer you an appointment with the practitioner of your choice, that might not always be possible. Many GPs choose to work less than full time, which means you may have to wait longer for an appointment with a specific doctor.
Please note that under NHS contract rules we are obliged to continue to register new patients who live within our practice boundary. However, we reserve the right to refuse applications or to remove patients who are aggressive or abusive to our staff or who persistently misuse services.
Proxy Access to patient records (eg parent's access to a child's records etc) (PDF, 173KB)
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Named Accountable GP information
Everyone is welcome in general practice
I have the right to register and receive treatment from a GP practice
- I do not need a fixed address
- I do not need identification
- Anyone in England can see a GP
Find out more www.nhs.uk/register
Practice Boundary
The practice area is defined as being within a seven-mile radius of Gold Street Surgery, except where this radius goes north of the A505 (ie we only accept patients who are resident south of the A505).
Relevant postcodes are (not exclusively) CB1, CB10 and CB11.