Home Visits
“A patient is deemed to be housebound when they are unable to leave their home environment through a physical or psychological illness. A patient is not considered housebound if he or she is able to leave their home with minimal assistance. For example unassisted / assisted visit to the Doctor, Dentist, Hairdresser, Supermarket, Social events”.
(However, the Practice reserves the right to change this policy, where the clinical condition of a patient is deemed to be more appropriately provided in the home).
To make your surgery run more efficiently we would like to make you aware of changes to the services we provide.
Home Visits
- These take up a great deal of our time and should only be reserved for patients who are medically unable to attend the surgery.
- Transport problems will not be accepted as a reason for the Doctor to attend you at home.
- We would like to point out that where a patient can attend the surgery the Doctor can give a service supported by other health professionals and special equipment, which would not be available in the home environment.
- This applies to children as well.
- The Doctors are anxious to purely change the present culture, it is stressed that no patient in definite need of a home visit will be refused.
District Nurses
- These take up a great deal of our time and should only be reserved for patients who are medically unable to attend the surgery.
- Transport problems will not be accepted as a reason for the District Nurse to attend you at home.
- The District Nurses are anxious to purely change the present culture, it is stressed that no patient in definite need of a home visit will be refused.
Please try and telephone before 10.30 am and speak to our Surgery Nurse. Please have a sample of urine ready for the Doctor to test when they visit.
For further information please view Moss Grove Surgery Visiting Policy
