Register with a GP surgery
This service is for healthcare workers to take patient registrations online quickly and easily. Use Register with a GP surgery service if you are an NHS GP practice in England.
About this service
Register for a GP surgery service simplifies online registrations. This service is for GP practices across England. It makes it simpler to keep track of who registered at your practice.
It is free and compulsory for all NHS GP practices to use in England.
The service:
- allows new patients to register online
- checks they live within the GP practice catchment area
- matches them to their NHS number, with around a 90% success rate
- sends the registration details to the GP, by email, in a standard format
In the future, we plan to integrate the service directly with GP clinical systems.
Benefits and features
- take patient registrations online quickly and easily
- free for NHS GP practices to use
- automatically check if patients are in your catchment area
- save time spent matching patients to their NHS records
- digital patient identity checks through NHS login
Read more about the range of benefits and features the service offers for patients and GP practices. Understand how you can make the most of the service.
Testimonials
Really great service and very easy to enrol, we were up and running in just a few hours.
News, blogs and updates about the service
Online GP patient auto registration pilot results
NHS England recently finished a pilot with GP practices in England using the TPP system to assess new auto registration functionality through the online service. Find out more about the results of the pilot and when you can expect to get the functionality in your own systems.
Summary Care Record: Changes to how we ask for information
The Register with a GP surgery service no longer asks patients about their Summary Care Record (SCR) preferences. Find out what this means for your practice.
An easy way to register with a GP surgery
Dr Shanker Vijay, GP and Digital First Lead for London, explains why he is championing the national ‘Register with a GP surgery’ service and talks about improvements to the service.
Status, service level and current usage
The service is live and is being used in over 6,000 GP practices.
It is a silver service, meaning it is operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year but only supported during business hours.
Performance data
97.8%
of GP practices in England using the service
4.6m
patient registrations submitted
92.8%
of patients matched to an NHS record
Contact us
Register with a GP surgery is supported 9am to 5pm, five days a week.
Contact our support team if you have a question or want to give feedback.
The following table details the SRO for this service.
| Enquiry | Point of contact |
|---|---|
| Senior responsible officer (SRO) |
Stephen Koch Email: [email protected] |
National usage policy
All GP surgeries in England must offer the national Register with a GP surgery service to patients from October 2024, as outlined in the GP contract.
Privacy and data
Last edited: 18 July 2025 12:02 pm