How to find out if a GP surgery will actually take you
One phone call before you commit to an area tells you more than any rating. Here is what to ask, and why the nearest surgery is often not the one you can join.
Aasim Ghaffar3 min read
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One phone call before you commit to an area tells you more than any rating. Here is what to ask, and why the nearest surgery is often not the one you can join.
Distance to a hospital matters, but so does what kind of hospital it is, what it treats, and what the inspectors found. Here is what I check when I look at hospitals near a new home.
The NHS register tells you a surgery exists. It does not tell you whether they will take you. That gap is the whole problem with moving somewhere new and needing a doctor.