Out of area patient registration

Practcies are reminded that although the implementation date of the scheme was 5th January, the advice of the GPC is that a practice should only register out of area patients after they have sought and obtained assurances from area teams that arrangements for urgent GP services including home

visits are in place for individual patients at their place of residence.

Without that assurance practices are strongly advised that they should not currently register any patients under the new regulation.

Further guidance is available here on the BMA website.