Clinical homecare enables patients to receive clinical treatment - such as specialist medicines administration, nurse visits, and monitoring - in their own homes, rather than in hospital.

It integrates trained healthcare professionals with advanced logistics to support complex therapies within patients’ daily environments.

Benefits for the NHS

Reduces Pressure on Hospital Services
Clinical homecare saves approximately 2.4 hospital bed days per patient, freeing up vital capacity. Across ~640,000 patients, this totals over 1.5 million bed days saved - equivalent to £1.67 billion in annual savings.
Cuts A&E Visits and Readmissions
Patients in homecare have around 50% fewer A&E attendances and admissions, helping to alleviate emergency care demand.
Enhances Capacity and Access
92% of NHS professionals report that homecare increases capacity. It also improves access: 71% say it enhances geographical reach for patients.
Cost-Efficiency and Funding Support
About 80% of homecare services are funded by pharmaceutical companies (£173 million/year), with only 20% NHS-funded - delivering savings without increasing NHS budgets.

Benefits for Patients

Better Quality of Life
Avoiding hospital stays supports independence, social connections, and employment.
Convenience and Comfort
Receiving treatment at home provides familiar, less stressful environments. For many, it prevents long commutes to hospital pharmacies.
Higher Patient Satisfaction
Evidence shows significantly higher patient satisfaction, improved adherence, and better health outcomes when care is delivered at home.

Aligning with NHS Priorities

Supports the NHS Long-Term Plan
By moving care into the community, clinical homecare underpins system-wide ambitions to reduce hospital dependence and support neighbourhood services.
Advances Integrated Care Systems (ICS)
It connects secondary care, primary care, and home settings - enabling coordinated, patient-centred care closer to home.
Evidence-Based Delivery
Robust metrics support homecare outcomes, from bed-day reductions to emergency attendance avoidance and cost savings.

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Trusted Bodies Call for Expansion

The NCHA’s “Best Kept Secret” report describes clinical homecare as under recognised, despite its significant impact, and calls for stronger NHS leadership and mainstream adoption. recognised, despite its significant impact, and calls for stronger NHS leadership and mainstream adoption.
The ABPI’s “Bringing Healthcare Home” report highlights the £1.67 billion potential NHS savings and urges centralised contracting, digitisation, and collaborative frameworks.

How HealthNet Homecare Helps

We collaborate closely with NHS teams and pharmaceutical partners, bringing experience across over 48 therapy areas, offering over 203 treatments, to ensure safe, patient-focused care and maximise benefits to both patients and the health system.