Practice Information
Welcome to Denton Medical Practice Website.
This website contains information about the services currently available at Denton Medical Practice and how you as a patient can make the most of these services, depending on your needs.
At Denton Medical Practice, we strive to provide the highest quality standards of care.
We have a friendly and helpful Practice Team of GP's, Trainee Doctors, Practice Nurses, Managers and Reception Staff.
We are currently accepting new patients on our list.
We are open from 08:00 am to 06:30 pm Monday to Fridays.
Denton Medical Practice is situated opposite Crownpoint North Shopping Park at 100 Ashton Road (A6017), Denton M34 3JE.
We have parking available behind the surgery via Greswell Street.
The Practice is closed for the afternoon once per month, usually during the third Thursday for staff training.
Mission Statement
Denton Medical Practice is a long established medical practice that is committed to preserve and enhance its good reputation for being a caring and innovative practice.
We undertake to:
- Treat you with respect and courtesy at all times.
- Provide you with advice and treatment in a timely manner.
- Help you make decisions about your health by treating you as an equal.
- Discuss what treatment is available and refer you on to other experts where necessary.
- Act as your advocate and guide through health and social services.
- Maintain confidentiality in what we discuss and the records we keep on your behalf.
- Keep up to date with developments in health care by continuing to learn.
In return we ask you to:
- Keep your appointment, or let us know as soon as possible if you can't attend.
- Only use the out-of-hours services for urgent conditions which can't wait until the next day or over the weekend.
- Be nice to our staff! They do their best for you and respond very well to 'please' and 'thank you'.
- Let us know if you have any suggestions or cause for complaint as soon as possible.
- Let us know when we have done well.
Denton Medical Practice is featured on NHS website
Denton Medical Practice also has a page dedicated on facebook
Registration
Our practice has a defined boundary which has been agreed with the Tameside and Glossop CCG.
The catchment area comprises of Denton, part of Audenshaw and the adjoining area. This includes Guidebridge, Dane Bank, Haughton Green and part of Dukinfield. Part of post code M34 and SK14 is included in our catchment area.
Since 2015, all GP practices in England have been free to register new patients who live outside their practice boundary area.
Do you live within our Registering Boundary Area?
You will be required to complete online form New Patient Registration
This applies to each member of your family and the forms can be completed online from the link above.
If not sure of the procedure, you can always contact the practice on the email below.
suggestions.dentonmedical@nhs.net
We will ask proof of photo identity, such as passport and driving licence with the patient's name, date of birth and evidence that you are ordinarily resident in the UK.
If you have just come into the UK, we will need proof that you intend to work or study in the UK (work permit or supporting letter from your employer or the education provider).
To be accepted onto the practice list you will need to arrange your new patient health check. This should be booked at the time of registration and completed within 4 weeks of registration.
Your registration forms take 48 hours to process and your health check should normally be completed before you may book your first appointment to see a doctor.
Asylum seekers are entitled to the same health services as other UK residents. To register, you must prove your identity by an ARC card or Home Office papers.
Parents or guardians can register a baby at the practice by completing online form New Patient Registration
Also upload a copy of the birth certificate. They should ensure that they quote the baby's NHS number that has been provided to them through the maternity unit or from child health department.
If you wish to see a GP and are visiting the area for more than 24 hours but less than three months, you can apply to register with the practice as a temporary resident.
The application can be made using online form Temporary Patient Registration
If you have any suggestions regarding how we can improve our service, please contact us, and we will do our best to help.
New Patient Registration Online
How are we doing?
If you visited the surgery, please let us know of your experience.
Aims and Objectives
- Work together as a practice team and in partnership with our patients.
- Involve families and carers in decision making by listening and supporting them.
- Keep a motivated team who feel valued and supported by the GP Partnership.
- Treat all the patients and staff with dignity and respect with a safe and accessible environment.
- Encourage the team to achieve the aims and objectives while meeting their own personal and professional goals.
- Prevent ill health, improve well being and provide services that improve local health outcomes.
- Follow agreed care pathways and practice evidence based medicine to the highest standard.
- To deliver value for money and be a financially sustainable Medical Practice.
Non English Speakers
These fact sheets have been written to explain the role of UK health services, the National Health Service (NHS), to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum. They cover issues such as the role of GPs, their function as gatekeepers to the health services, how to register and how to access emergency services.
Special care has been taken to ensure that information is given in clear language, and the content and style has been tested with user groups.
Open the leaflets in one of the following languages:
 English |
 Albania |
 Arabic |
 Bengali |
 Bulgarian |
 Cantonese |
| Mandarin |
 Croatian |
 Farsi |
 French |
 Gujerati |
Hindi |
 Lithuanian |
 Polish |
 Portuguese |
| Punjabi |
 Russian |
 Somali |
 Spanish |
 Turkish |
 Urdu |