{"id":1619,"date":"2018-11-12T10:41:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T10:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/?page_id=1619"},"modified":"2019-03-02T12:52:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-02T12:52:04","slug":"removal-of-patients-from-our-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/about-us\/practice-policies\/removal-of-patients-from-our-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Removal of Patients From our List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\u2019s condition stabilises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Possible grounds for consideration of removal include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Physical violence to staff, doctors or other patients<\/li>
  2. Threat of violence to staff, doctors or other patients<\/li>
  3. Abusive or disruptive behaviour including under the influence of alcohol or drugs<\/li>
  4. Theft from surgery, staff, doctors or other patients<\/li>
  5. Criminal damage to surgery<\/li>
  6. Dangerous dogs posing a real or potential hazard on home visits<\/li>
  7. Altering documents eg prescriptions, insurance certificates<\/li>
  8. Defamation of doctors or staff<\/li>
  9. Misuse of appointments<\/li>
  10. Misuse of home visits<\/li>
  11. Moving outwith the area<\/li>
  12. Any other breakdown of the bond of trust between doctor and patient<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    It should be noted that if a patient does not attend for their appointment they will not be given another one for 48 hours. 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In some cases we reserve the right to remove other members of the household. We will continue to be responsible for the patient\u2019s medical care for a period of up to 8 days from the date of notification to Practitioner Services or until the patient registers with another doctor, whichever is the sooner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    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\u2019s 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 … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6577921,"featured_media":2375,"parent":1120,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/adult-art-conceptual-278312.jpg",2048,1356,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/adult-art-conceptual-278312-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/adult-art-conceptual-278312-300x199.jpg",300,199,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/adult-art-conceptual-278312-768x509.jpg",768,509,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/adult-art-conceptual-278312-1024x678.jpg",1024,678,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/adult-art-conceptual-278312.jpg",1536,1017,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/adult-art-conceptual-278312.jpg",2048,1356,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Editor","author_link":"https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/author\/gary-genpra\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"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\u2019s 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…","coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/author\/gary-genpra\/","display_name":"Editor"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 5 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 12th November 2018","modified":"Updated on 2nd March 2019"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 12th November 2018 10:41 am","modified":"Updated on 2nd March 2019 12:52 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":"https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/adult-art-conceptual-278312.jpg","series_order":"","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2024-05-20 21:56:26","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6577921"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1619\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drpolding.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}