The Practice staff shall always show due respect and courtesy when dealing with patients and their representatives. We respectfully request that patients and their representatives do the same when dealing with members of the practice team.

The NHS operate a zero tolerance policy with regard to violence and abuse and the practice has the right to remove violent patients from the list with immediate effect in order to safeguard practice staff, patients and other persons. 

No form of aggression (whether verbal or physical in nature) will be tolerated - any instances of such behaviour on the practice premises may result in the perpetrator being reported to the Police and removed from the practice’s List of Registered Patients.

Violence in this context includes actual or threatened physical violence or verbal abuse which leads to fear for a person’s safety. In this situation we will notify the patient in writing of their removal from the list and record in the patient’s medical records the fact of the removal and the circumstances leading to it.

We take seriously any threatening, abusive or violent behaviour against any of our staff or patients.  We aim to treat our patients courteously at all times and expect our patient to treat our staff in a similar respectful way. 

If a patient is violent or abusive, they will be warned to stop their behaviour.   Violence in this context includes actual or threatened physical violence or verbal abuse which leads to fear for a person’s safety.  

If they persist, we will exercise our right to take the necessary action to have them removed, immediately from our list of patients.  In this situation we will notify the patient in writing of their removal from the list and record in the patient’s medical records the fact of the removal and the circumstances leading to it.