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Removal of Patients From Our List
It is our policy not to remove patients without serious consideration. If a patient has a serious continuing medical condition, removal will be postponed until the patient’s condition stabilises.
Possible grounds for consideration of removal include:
- Physical violence to staff, Doctors or other patients
- Threat of violence to staff, Doctors or other patients
- Abusive or disruptive behaviour including when under the influence of alcohol or drugs
- Theft from the Surgery, staff, Doctors or other patients
- Criminal damage to the Surgery
- Dangerous dogs posing a real or potential hazard on home visits
- Altering documents e.g. prescriptions, insurance certificates
- Defamation of Doctors or staff
- Misuse of appointments
- Misuse of home visits
- Moving out of the area
- Any other breakdown of the bond of trust between Doctor and patient
In the event of a patient not attending on three occasions they will receive a letter advising them that if they miss another appointment, they will be removed from our Practice list.
Our policy is:
- DNA letter
- Another letter
- Possible removal
In some cases we reserve the right to remove other members of the household.