Home Visits

Home Visits are available and reserved for patients who are housebound or too unwell to come to the surgery. A temperature does not prevent patients coming to the surgery and will not endanger others, simply tell the receptionist over the phone or at the desk if you do have a temperature .

Where the condition of the patient does require a home visit, please advise us before 10.00am were possible.  However, we can examine and treat you more safely at the surgery if you are able to attend.  The receptionist will ask for full details, name, address, age, telephone number and reason for the visit.  This enables the doctors to plan their calls and allows urgent visits to be dealt with promptly.

We cannot guarantee a time for a Home Visit. They can sometimes be after 6:30pm when the Doctor has finished their surgery, it may even be the next day if necessary and suitable. The Doctor should give you an indication of this when they call to assess. If symptoms worsen while you are waiting for a Home Visit either call us back to let us know or call 999 for Emergency Care.