Rights and responsibilities

Patients have rights to:

  • Be registered with a GP
  • Be offered a health check
  • Receive emergency care at any time
  • Receive appropriate drugs and medicines
  • Be referred for a specialist opinion where appropriate
  • Choose whether or not to take part in medical research or student training
  • To have involvement in decisions around the treatment and care you receive
  • To have a choice of treatment options including any referral to Secondary Care
  • To be treated with dignity, respect and with due regard for age, sex, religious persuasion, sexual orientation, racial origin, cultural and linguistic background and any disability

Patients have responsibilities to:

  • Try, where possible to use our service within the resources available
  • Cancel a pre-booked appointment
  • Not be violent or display abusive behaviour
  • Maintain good relations with the Practice