Register with the practice

Catchment area

Before filling out registration forms, check you are in our catchment area using the map opposite.

This practice does not accept out of area patients. 

Find out which GPs you can register with on the NHS website.

1. Download

You can download the three registration forms below and send back to us at:

Reading University Health Centre, 9-11 Northcourt Avenue, Reading RG2 7HE.

If you need help registering or filling in forms, please let us know and we can help.

Registration form

Adult New patient form

Text and Email Opt-In form

DNA (Did Not Attend) policy Important information for all new patients to read.

Please include a copy of your I.D and proof of address e.g. passport, photo driving licence and a utility bill or tenancy agreement if you have them. You do not need proof of address or immigration status, ID or an NHS number to register unless you require online access but it might help if you have one or more of the following:

• passport
• birth certificate
• HC2 certificate
• rough sleepers' identity badge
• hostel or accommodation registration or mail forwarding letter

If you're homeless, you can give a temporary address, such as a friend's address, a day centre or the GP surgery address.

If you are under 16 years of age please download the three forms below for completion.  We will require a copy of the vaccination history to be provided for all children registering with a GP in England for the first time.

If you are unable to provide a copy, we can take a verbal history to establish whether there are any outstanding vaccinations for the UK schedule and an appointment will need to be arranged with a nurse to discuss this. 

Registration form

Under 16s New patient form

Text and Email Opt-In form

SCR Summary Care Record

Please include a copy of your I.D and proof of address e.g. passport, photo driving licence and a utility bill or tenancy agreement

2. Come in

Come in to our reception and ask to register. Reception is open Monday to Friday 8am – 6.30pm at the University Medical Practice.

Please bring with you a copy of your I.D and proof of address e.g. passport, photo driving licence and a utility bill or tenancy agreement if you have them.

What Happens Next?

We will enter your details onto our computer system, and for patients who have previously registered with a doctor in the UK arrange for transfer of your medical records to us.

If you need to see a doctor or nurse you can book an appointment from one week after we have received your completed forms. This is to allow us time to process your registration.

If you take regular medication for contraception, asthma, hay fever, acne or eczema you will need to book an appointment with one of our specialist nurses at least a week before your medication runs out. (Please tell reception which condition your medication is for so they can direct you to the correct nurse).

All other medications please book an appointment with a doctor at least one week before your medication runs out.

New Patient Health Checks

Our Healthcare Assistants are trained to undertake New Patient Health Checks. 

For an appointment with a Healthcare Assistant, please telephone reception on 0118 9874551 between 0900 -1830 Monday to Friday.

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.
• Where a patient expresses a preference as to which doctor they have been assigned, the practice will make reasonable efforts to accommodate this request, where possible.