Failed home visits must be recorded and followed-up.
A district nurse has been suspended by the Nursing and Midwifery Council for failing to record or follow-up a missed visit to a vulnerable patient ( Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2016 ). In this article Richard Griffith considers the professional and legal implications for district nurses of failing to properly record and follow-up patients where an attempted visit to provide care or treatment is unsuccessful.
Senior Lecturer in Health Law, College of Health Science, Swansea University.
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D003152:Community Health Nursing; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006792:House Calls; D024802:Nurse's Role
failed visit; fitness to practice; professionalism; working cooperatively