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GP practise kicking us out

38 replies

Nerdle · 20/02/2026 22:02

Our NHS GP have changed their catchment area and are kicking us out. I am gutted - they are friendly, easy enough to get an appointment, run more or less on time. Can they do this? Can I appeal? They still cover some of our postcode but not our bit.

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topcat2014 · 21/02/2026 19:03

Surely they're all equally shite so it doesn't matter? Or is that just my town

tinyspiny · 21/02/2026 19:14

topcat2014 · 21/02/2026 19:03

Surely they're all equally shite so it doesn't matter? Or is that just my town

Our GP , who is in the next village is excellent and I’d be really upset if we had to leave.

Blushingm · 21/02/2026 19:37

Foodylicious · 21/02/2026 18:09

Technically you are still registered with them until you re-register/move to another practice.
I'd stay put for now and see what happens if you dont proactively move to somewhere else.

No. If they’ve given notice they can take you off their list.

Blushingm · 21/02/2026 19:38

Aluna · 21/02/2026 16:26

Only for elderly and infirm.

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Well no one rise needs them- they should visit the surgery

Lights22 · 21/02/2026 21:39

Quite often GPs keep patients out of area but on the proviso of no home visits. However their community services eg District Nurses still do.

Octavia64 · 21/02/2026 21:46

I had this.

i moved house post divorce but really really didn’t want to change gps as I’d been with my old one for decades and I’m disabled and have a lot going on.

so I didn’t tell them I’d moved and as contact was all electronic it was ok for a bit. I did eventually register with my new catchment one and they are as expected from the reviews not good.

hyggetyggedotorg · 21/02/2026 21:46

The only people who qualify for home visits nowadays are the housebound. So if it’s a GP level issue, but you can’t walk or are otherwise housebound then the GP will visit you.

If you normally make it to surgery but feel too unwell at the moment then it’s an ambulance you need. Totally different levels of care.

Nomotivationanymore50 · 21/02/2026 21:58

Nerdle · 20/02/2026 22:02

Our NHS GP have changed their catchment area and are kicking us out. I am gutted - they are friendly, easy enough to get an appointment, run more or less on time. Can they do this? Can I appeal? They still cover some of our postcode but not our bit.

We had to have a conversation with our surgery as we moved a couple of miles out of their catchment area. All we needed to do was to sign something stating that we wouldn't be entitled to a home visit.

NotReallyNotOftenAnyway · 21/02/2026 22:04

I moved GP for this reason and it was really great for our family. We are much nearer to the new surgery and it's so much better to have a short journey when someone is not well. Also our new GP was far far better and it has made life very much easier for our whole family.

gototogo · 21/02/2026 22:09

They do still do home visits for anyone doubting it, I was offered one last month, I refused (dh was here to drive me, and they said really it was fine they visited based on medical need not availability of transport (I still refused as house was a mess, though in retrospect I should have taken the offer, the 5 minute journey was so horrid due to the medical issue)

dizzydizzydizzy · 22/02/2026 00:21

In 2023, I moved house to about a mile outside my GP’s catchment area. I asked to stay with them. Thet agreed that it was in my best interests and said they were happy to keep me as long as I signed a form saying I wouldn’t ever ask for a home visit.

MigGirl · 22/02/2026 08:26

Shitstix · 20/02/2026 22:41

I really hated that aspect of NHS doctors, that you could only be registered wth one clinic. I'm in Australia and see bulk billed docs wherever I need them (in the city when I'm working, away on holidays etc)

Sorry OP, it's a real pain when you have a doctor you like but now can't see.

You can still see any NHS gp in the UK if you really need to. I have used my Dad's before now when I've been visiting him. It requires some paperwork but not impossible.

Nochoiceofuser · 22/02/2026 08:57

hyggetyggedotorg · 21/02/2026 21:46

The only people who qualify for home visits nowadays are the housebound. So if it’s a GP level issue, but you can’t walk or are otherwise housebound then the GP will visit you.

If you normally make it to surgery but feel too unwell at the moment then it’s an ambulance you need. Totally different levels of care.

And then there will be complaints about people abusing the ambulance service! I've requested a home visit only once in my adult life (over 30 years ago) I'd been vomiting for 4 days, wasn't sure if it was infectious, the GP called and gave me some powders to mix with water and drink, 24 hours later and I was feeling much better and vomiting stopped. I wouldn't have been able to get to the surgery (it was a bus/taxi ride away) I don't feel I was ill enough to need a visit to A&E but it sounds like that's what I'd be doing it it happened now!

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