Home Visits

Requests for home visits should, if possible, be made before 10am. All requests are triaged by the duty doctor to allow them to organise their visits. Doctors do not have to visit at home unless there is a medical need. A doctor will visit you if they agree that it is necessary. If the doctor decides that you could attend the surgery, you will only be seen if you come to surgery.

Home visits are for patients who are housebound, or in their last days or weeks of life, or where a patient’s illness may cause them to deteriorate when moved.

Please remember that several patients can be seen in the Practice in the time that it takes to make one home visit. There are also better facilities for examining and treating patients at the medical centre.