The short answer is yes, we can! It does depend though on a couple of different factors. Please read the below and get in touch with [email protected] for next steps.
Things to consider
Is the parent filling out the form on behalf of their children or is someone at the school doing it on behalf of all students? If the latter, we do have a solution!
Is your boarding school within your catchment area? If not, we can create a special 'second catchment' so that forms can still be submitted.
How will this look on the form?
When registering a child, we always ensure that a person of parental responsibility (PPR) is included on the form. Before we automate the registration, we ensure that this PPR is already registered at your practice.
With boarding school students, this process needs to change slightly.
The boarding school nurse / house parent would register the children, and at this point of the form, they are able to 'Continue anyway', which skips the requirement to add a PPR.
How do I set this up?
To help set this up our end, we will need the following which we will then add as an emergency contact onto the patients record:
First name
Last name
Email
Telephone
Postcode of the boarding school
Other practices have put this as generic 'Boarding school' with contact details at the school.
Email us these details at [email protected] 😊