General Public Information - GP Registrations - Business Services Organisation (BSO) Website

Patients wishing to register with Sperrin Family Practice should make contact with the Practice. If patients are within the Practice boundary they will be advised regarding the relevant registration forms to be completed and the supporting documentation required.

Registration forms can be collected from the Practice or downloaded from the following links:

https://hscbusiness.hscni.net/pdf/HS200%20V3.2021%20FINAL.pdf

https://hscbusiness.hscni.net/pdf/HSC_R1%20V3.2021%20FINAL.pdf

Versions in different languages are available at the following link:
https://hscbusiness.hscni.net/services/1814.htm

The Practice also requires new patients to complete a data collection form available at the following link:1. REGISTRATION INFORMATION SHEET

If you require a replacement Northern Ireland Medical card, application forms are available here:

Non-Registered Patients

The practice can provide immediately necessary treatment for patients who are not registered. When the practice provides any clinical services to a patient who is not on it’s list of  patients, it shall, with the patients consent  provide a clinical report which will be sent to the patient’s own doctor.

Change of Personal Details

It is very important to inform us of any change of name, address, email or telephone number to allow us to keep our records  updated.  Evidence of a name changed is required e.g. birth certificate or marriage certificate.

Patients have the right to request copies of their medical records and will be asked to put their request in writing to the Practice and that the relevant consent forms will need to be completed prior to disclosure of records

To register a birth in Northern Ireland, you must fill in the form below. 

(Note that a birth registration cannot be easily changed, so make sure to fill in the registration form carefully)

GRO 4 REGISTRATION OF A BIRTH (nidirect.gov.uk)

Omagh Registration Office contact details: Omagh Registration Office

Strabane Registration Office -https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/contacts/derry-city-and-strabane-district-registrar-strabane-registration-office 

Once you have given this form into your local registration office, the registrar will give you an Infant Registration Form (HS123). You can use this yellow form to register your baby as a patient with your GP practice. Please bring the HS123 infant form into the GP Practice as soon as possible  so that your baby can be registered with the GP well in advance of the 6- 8 week check up and vaccines.

You can register the death if you are a relative, a witness to the death, a hospital administrator or the person making the arrangements with the funeral directors.

Follow the link for more information and guidance on the gov.uk website: Register a Death

Follow the link for change of address on your existing medical card or to request a new medical card:

Request for a replacement Medical Card

(The forms above are for Northern Ireland residents only who are currently registered with a GP practice.)

Forms to request a name change:

Adult name change form

Child name change form

If you are ill while away from home or if you are not registered with a doctor but need to see one you can receive emergency treatment from the local GP practice for 14 days. After 14 days you will need to register as a temporary or permanent patient.

You can be registered as a temporary patient for up to three months. This will allow you to be on the local practice list and still remain a patient of your permanent GP. After three months you will have to re-register as a temporary patient or permanently register with that practice.

To register as a temporary patient simply contact the practice. We do not have to accept you as a temporary patient although we do have an obligation to offer emergency treatment. You cannot register as a temporary patient if you are already registered at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered.

The Business Services Organisation (BSO) Interpreting Service is commissioned by the Department of Health/SPPG to provide foreign language interpreting support to Health and Social Care (HSC) providers in Northern Ireland (NI).  The main aim of the Service is to improve access to HSC Services for Patients/Clients who do not speak English proficiently. HSC Interpreting is demand-led and requests vary according to the needs of Patients/Service Users. Providing an Interpreter:

• ensures clear, accurate and impartial communication
• minimises risk of misdiagnosis, misunderstanding and non-consent; reduces times/costs associated with repeat appointments, prolonged appointments, unnecessary admission to hospital;
• complies with legislative requirements: Race Relations (NI) Order 1997; Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998

Please ask at reception if you require further information on interpreting services.