Home Visits are available within and outside normal working hours.
Provision of Home Visits is determined by the patient meeting pre-determined eligibility criteria.
Due to the extended hours that Wells Rd MC is open, not all General Practitioners will do Home Visits.
A General Practitioner may do a Home Visit if the patient meets the following criteria’s:
- The patient is a regular patient of the clinic
- The patient resides within 7 kms of the practice
- Where it is safe and reasonable
- The patient has the type of problem that necessitates a home visits such as
- Acute III
- Immobile
- Elderly
- Unable to access the practice facilities due to disability
March 19, 2019