What question do you ask about nursing/ care homes?
On the local form we ask the patient if they live in care home/ nursing home and code that information into the patient record, adding the relevant Residential Institute (RI) code, V0 🖥
Here is how the nursing/care home question looks like on the local form:
Which SNOMED codes are added?
Lives in a residential home, 394923006
Lives in a nursing home, 160734000
How do we set up a usual gp for a care home?
If you need to set up a usual GP for a care home, simply send an email to [email protected] with the following details:
The care home address
The name of the GP allocated to the care home
Once we receive the information, we'll take care of the setup for you!