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Request a Home Visit
Home visits are for either terminally ill
patients, or truly bed bound patients in whom to travel to surgery
premises by car would cause deterioration in their medical condition or
unacceptable discomfort. In cases of common childhood symptoms including
fevers, colds, coughs, earache, headache, diarrhoea/vomiting and most
cases of abdominal pain, patients are almost always well enough to
travel by car. The old wives tale that it is unwise to take a child out
with a fever is untrue, and although these children may not be fit
enough to travel by bus, or walk to the surgery, car transport is a
sensible option and usually available from friends, relatives or taxi.
If a home visit is needed, please contact the surgery before 10.30am.
Doctors do home visits after they have
finished morning surgery and will arrange their visits according to the
degree of urgency. Normally the Doctors will contact the patient prior
to visiting and encourage patients to attend the surgery, where
possible, as we have more facilities available. Difficulty in getting to
the surgery is not a valid reason for requesting a home visit, and this
may be declined.
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