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