Qatar Council for Healthcare Practitioners Circular No. 15/2023
Regulation of Home nursing in Qatar and adding a new scope of practice "Home Nurse" and its registration/licensing standards within nursing scopes regulated by the Department of Healthcare Professions.
From | Department of Healthcare Professions / Ministry of Public Health |
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Subject | Regulation of Home nursing in Qatar and adding a new scope of practice "Home Nurse" and its registration/licensing standards within nursing scopes regulated by the Department of Healthcare Professions. |
Date | 6 July 2023 |
Greetings from the Department of Healthcare Professions (DHP)
In response to some requests received by DHP from patients or their families who are in urgent need of home care, to license nurses who are sponsored by them personally for providing home care nursing.
Therefore, to deal with the expansion of long-term care and home care that becomes more convenient and acceptable to elderly people, children, and other categories of patients with disabilities or chronic diseases, DHP has decided that: