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Register With The Practice?

If you would like to join the practice please come in and fill in a form at reception. You will be offered an appointment with one of the practice nurses for a medical consultation. This appointment is important as it can take some time to obtain your medical records from your previous GP and it enables us to identify any current problems.

The practice area comprises Shoreham and Shoreham Beach from Kingston Lane, Southwick to The Broadway, off Brighton Road, Lancing and to Hoe Court Road, Combes Road and Lancing College Drive, off Upper Shoreham Road, Lancing.

This practice is one of very few in Sussex which operates a Personal List system. This means that although you are registered with the practice, you are allocated to a particular doctor. You will be seen by your own doctor except in urgent cases, or if you wish to see the GP registrar or a locum. We feel that this enables the GPs to offer the best possible care, to get to know their patients and their medical conditions and for the patients to get to know their GP. It also helps to control the appointment system so that long waits do not build up and we can usually offer an appointment within a day or two.

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Change Details?

If you change your name, address or telephone number please let us know. Sometimes we need to contact patients and it is particularly difficult if we do not have the correct telephone number. If you move from the practice area you will need to register with a new doctor, as the doctors in this practice are then no longer responsible for your medical care.

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Obtain A Sickness Certificate

You do not need a doctor's sickness certificate for any illness lasting for less than seven days. If you need a certificate, self certification forms are available from reception. If your employer insists, then the doctor can issue you with a private certificate for a small fee. The doctor might need to see you, in which case we can offer you a routine appointment (usually within one to two days). For any illness lasting longer than a week you will need to see the doctor for an NHS sickness certificate (form med. 3).