HP051 Housebound and district nurse involvement
Purpose:
This protocol will highlight to users:
- where a patient is housebound or
- has district nurse involvement.
What does it actually do?
Where a patient is coded as housebound, a protocol alert will be shown to highlight this in the alert box. It will also highlight if there is coded district nurse involvement with the patient. If the user double clicks on the alert, they are taken to a template where they can update the status. If your practice systematically records housebound status, this can help the reception team to quickly assess requests for home visits for appropriateness.
What does it look like?
The protocol alert looks like this:
Supporting CQC key areas
Safe
Managing risks
Effective
Assessing needs and delivering evidence-based treatment
Staff skills and knowledge
How staff, teams and services work together
Caring
Kindness, respect and compassion
Involving people in decisions about their care
Privacy and dignity
Responsive
Person-centred care
Taking account of the needs of different people
Timely access to care and treatment
Well-led
Leadership capacity and capability
Vision and strategy
Culture of the organisation
Governance and management
Management of risk and performance
Management of information
Engagement and involvement
Learning, improvement and innovation
System Dependencies:
This alert is dependent on your surgery accurately coding housebound, temporarily housebound or district nurse involvement.
System Trigger
System Trigger: Load a patient
Run mode: Always run
Enable trigger for: All roles
Fitting your practice
If you choose to implement it, it is important to communicate to your teams that the codes to use to record housebound status are:
- Consent given to share patient data with specified third party (3199510000000105)
- Consent withdrawn to share patient data with specified third party (3200410000000109)
- Declined consent to share patient data with specified third party (320011000000108)
The codes for district nurse involvement are:
- District nurse attends (160761000)
- District nurse involvement stopped (160781004)
How to get it
This protocol is an optional handy protocol, available to request via the PCIT hub. If you are waiting for installation and want us to prioritise your site please submit a ticket to request this.
Support Information
Development Log
Version 1
Published 02/08/2020
Release notes: Initial release
Release notes: Initial release
Version 6.4
Published 23/11/2022
Release notes: Updated concepts to SNOMED. Updated wording and branding. Incorporated district nurse involvement. Rewrote support article.
Release notes: Updated concepts to SNOMED. Updated wording and branding. Incorporated district nurse involvement. Rewrote support article.
Communications Log
Primary Care IT are pleased to announce an update to Handy Protocol 051. This protocol shows an alert if the patient is coded as housebound. It will also highlight if there is coded district nurse involvement with the patient. If the user double clicks the alert, they are taken to a template where they can update the status. If your practice systematically records housebound status, this can help the reception team to quickly assess requests for home visits for appropriateness. This is an optional handy protocol which can be requested via the PCIT Hub. If you are waiting for installation and want us to prioritise your site please submit a ticket to request this.
Where a patient is coded as housebound, a protocol alert will be shown to highlight this in the alert box. It will also highlight if there is coded district nurse involvement with the patient. If the user double clicks on the alert, they are taken to a template where they can update the status. If your practice systematically records housebound status, this can help the reception team to quickly assess requests for home visits for appropriateness.
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