To obtain a new NHS Medical Card you should write to your local Family Practitioner Committee [address available from your GP], requesting a Medical Card in your new name, and enclosing the letter from your Doctor or Psychiatrist as outlined above together with a copy of your Statutory Declaration and your old NHS Medical Card.

Your new Medical Card number will be a completely new number, though the last three figures which are the ID suffix will remain the same. Your new number will also have a special prefix of an A or a Z which denotes that an alteration or variation in unspecified status has taken place.