Need help with a non-urgent medical or admin request? Contact us online.

Register with us as a New Patient

How to Register with us

Acceptance on to the list is as at the discretion of the Doctor. Please note that your medical records may take several weeks to arrive at the Practice.

There are a number of reasons why you may not be able to register with your chosen GP, for example you may live too far away. If this is the case simply choose another GP in your local area.

Catchment area

We are happy to accept new patients who are ordinarily resident in the UK and living within our practice boundary.

See if you live within our practice boundary by using the interactive map and postcode checker.

Newly registered patients – what you need to know

Welcome to Chrisp Street Health Centre! We included some useful information below about our services and how we work as a General Practice.

Opening times – Click here.

Information about the Practice and Statement of Purpose.

Additional information about the Practice – chaperoning, advocacy service (interpreting), pharmacy nomination, HUB appointments.

Prescription ordering – important information.

Online access – download the NHS app for quick access to your online medical records, to book and cancel appointments, or to order repeat prescriptions.

Patient health checks – all new registered patients are offered a new patient health check, while those who are 40 and above are advised to have a full NHS health check with one of our Assistant Practitioners (if you are 40 and above, please call the Practice on 0207 515 4860 to book your NHS health check).

Sexual health services – free testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s). For more information about confidential sexual health services across all of East London, click here.

Testing for latent tuberculosis (LTB) – free service offered by the Practice.

Practice newsletter – check for the latest updates.

Summary Care Records (SCR) – Your Summary Care Record is a short summary of your GP medical records. It tells other health and care staff at the point of treating you about the medicines you take and your allergies.

NHS Data Sharing – review our privacy policy.

Registered children and newborn babies

Information for parents and guardians – once children or newborn babies are registered on the system, our admin team may contact you to ensure that we have a full record of your children’s immunisations and to ensure that all recommended health checks are completed on time, especially the 6-8 week health check for newborn babies. You may also be required to send us information from your children’s red books, such as current immunisations record , or a copy of your children’s birth certificates to confirm details such as name, address, date of birth. Having an accurate and up-to-date information for our patients enables the Practice to provide best health care and services to everyone registered on our list.

Register Online

You can register with our practice online, this is open to all Tower Hamlets residents in our Catchment Area.

  1. Enter your postcode
  2. Choose Chrisp Street Health Centre from the selection
  3. You will be asked to fill a form and submit your personal information so we can register you. Please be accurate with the information you input
  4. We aim to register you in 2 working days, delays can be caused due to incomplete forms or you not inputting correct details so please check carefully when putting in your information and complete as many sections as possible.
  5. You do not have to show ID or proof of address to register. But it does help with the registration process and we may ask for it following registration to confirm information.

Online Access

  • For online access please sign up via the NHS App then we would NOT require photo ID.
  • For child safeguarding purposes, we may ask you to clarify family relationships and arrangements for the child or children you are registering. This is to ensure that those with legal responsibility for the child are aware he or she is being registered with us.
  • Please make sure that you give us an up-to-date telephone number in case we need to contact you and an email address so you can receive important communications from us.

The National Care Record Service (NCRS)

The National Care Record Service (NCRS) is the way in which health professionals now access the Summary Care Record (SCR). The SCR has not changed, it is just the way SCRs are accessed that has changed.   

For more information about NCRS please see: National Care Records Service

Information for patients who wish to opt out of having a summary care record, including an opt out form is available here: Opting out

Organ Donation

From 2020, adults in England will be considered potential donors unless they choose to opt out or are excluded. For more information please visit the Organ Donation NHS UK where you can also register your decision.