To access our services, you need to register with us. You must register with a doctor in the area in which you spend the majority of the year. As students, spending a minimum of 30 weeks a year in Brighton you need to register with us. If you need to see a doctor when you are back at home, you can see them as a temporary resident. This prevents your medical records transferring from one practice to the other.

If you have any concerns about this, please speak to a member of the reception team who can advise you.

In order to register, you need to complete a form which is available from reception. If registering at the beginning of the academic year, you should register on-line.

Opening Hours

Termtime
Monday – Thursday 9am – 6.30 (last appointment 4.00pm)
Friday 9am – 5pm (last appointment 4.00pm)

Vacation
Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm (last appointment 4.00pm)

Appointments
Can be made on the day or booked in advance, by person or by telephone.
Telephone consultations are available with both the doctors and the nurses and can be useful, particularly if you live off campus. To arrange a telephone consultation, speak to a member of the reception team who will take a contact number and arrange for the doctor or nurse to call you at a mutually convenient time.

Rapid access
To improve access, we now run rapid access clinics every day. Appointments are not necessary. Simply turn up and you can wait to be seen. The reception team will be able to give you an indication of waiting times.

Home visits
These are for emergencies and are only undertaken for medical reasons, the housebound or the terminally ill. A request for a visit will be discussed with you and it may be decided that you should attend the surgery. Please note that distance or lack of finance is not an acceptable reason for a home visit.

Over 75 Home visits
If you are over 75 and have not seen your GP in the last 3 years, a home visit may be arranged to assess your medical needs.

Out of hours
For medical advice when the surgery is closed
contact NHS Direct on 0845 4647
or www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk
or ring 01273 249049 for a recorded message.

This will give you the number for the out of hours primary care centre.
Please remember out of hours services are only for medical emergencies which cannot wait until surgery opening times and should not be abused. In the event of technical failure or any other difficulty which prevents you contacting your doctor, you should dial 999.

At present, there is no walk in centre available in this area.