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New Patient Registration
Register with Bridge Street Medical Centre as a new patient
How to register
We accept all Cambridge residents and students who live within the practice boundary. Please see the map below to check if your postcode is within our area. Our list is currently open to new registrations.
If you are eligible for NHS care this is free at the point of access. If you are not eligible for NHS care, or if you require a service that is not funded by the NHS, there may be a fee.
Check you live within the boundary area
To access our registration process, first check you are in our catchment area. If you have any questions about your eligibilty join this surgery please contact us.
If you are ordinarily a resident in the UK and are already registered within the NHS
You will need to upload proof of address and a proof of identity, please see the form for details.
Once registered you will have the choice of which doctor you see.
If registering your baby, please ignore the alcohol and smoking questions. Please provide the birth certificate with the registration.
Students
If you are new to either of the universities we would be delighted to take care of your health.
If you are wishing to register with the practice but are currently residing outside of Cambridge, you are welcome to start the registration process, but we will be unable to register you until you have moved to your new permanent address.
If you have not yet arrived in Cambridge, please let us know when you do so that we are able to register you promptly. This applies to both international and UK students.
Temporary services
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 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.
Your named GP
Every patient registered at Bridge Street Medical Centre is allocated their own GP. Your 'usual' GP receives all of your correspondence from the hospital or other agencies and deals with all of your test results. They will therefore 'know' you, to a certain extent, even if you do not know them. Where possible, we ask you to see your own GP, so that we can offer you continuity of care, although we appreciate this may not always be possible.
Reception can tell you the name of your own GP, or you can see this information yourself on the NHS app.