New Patients

To register with the surgery:

• The easiest & quickest way to register is via the NHS website 
• Visit reception from 10am to 6pm and collect a paper registration form

Please note that the processing time currently shown on the NHS registration page, of 1–5 working days of receiving your details, may not always be accurate.  Processing times can vary depending on the amount of requests received to join the surgery.

For the most up-to-date information on current waiting times, please contact the surgery on 0161 928 962.

As part of the registration process we also strongly recommend that you attend a new patient health check with our Practice Nurse or Health Care Assistant.

It is preferred that new patients, where possible, provide identification and proof of address as part of the registration process.

A current passport or photo driving licence will be accepted for identification and a recent utility bill (within the last three months) for proof of address. For children, a birth certificate will be accepted where a passport is unavailable. 

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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 local practice you wish to use. Practices do not have to accept you as a temporary patient although they do have an obligation to offer emergency treatment. You cannot register as a temporary patient at a practice in the town or area where you are already registered.

These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.

Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups.

Open the leaflets in one of the following languages:

English	Farsi	Urdu
Albanian	Bengali	Hindi
Arabic	Croatian	Lithuanian
Bulgarian	Punjabi	Polish
Chinese (Cantonese)	Somali	Portuguese
Chinese (Mandarin)	Gujerati	Spanish
Russian	Turkish	French

Our modern first floor premises at Altrincham Health and Wellbeing Centre provides enhanced disability access including dedicated parking spaces with lift access to the GP reception. Our reception team will be happy to help should further assistance be required.

Parking is available in the underground car park at the Greenwood Street entrance but with limited capacity strictly for the duration of your appointment only. Immediately after your appointment has ended you will need to obtain a ticket from reception to exit the car park and this will give you 10 minutes to do so. Unfortunately it is not possible to leave your car in the car park to visit the town centre or carry out general errands and the building owners enforce this by levying a fine for any breaches.

Barrington Medical Centre is located within Altrincham Health & Wellbeing Centre, in the centre of Altrincham.

By Car
Altrincham is easily accessible via the M56 and surrounding A-roads. Follow signs for Altrincham town centre, then Greenwood Street (WA14 1RZ) for direct access to the car park.

By Tram
The Altrincham Metrolink Interchange is a short walk (approximately 5 minutes) from the practice, with regular services to and from Manchester city centre and surrounding areas.

Walking from the Interchange
Exit the interchange towards the town centre and Stamford Quarter. Walk along Railway Street towards the main high street, then turn onto Greenwood Street. The Health & Wellbeing Centre is on your left.

By Bus
Altrincham Interchange is served by multiple bus routes from across Greater Manchester. The Health & Wellbeing Centre is just a few minutes’ walk from the station.