Community Home Oxygen Service

About Us

Our Service

Whaddon Healthcare provide an at home and in surgery service for patients who are on Oxygen. This service is called HOAS. We offer a combination of home visits and clinic appointments. The service is not an emergency response service for patients who require oxygen therapy for acute episodes of illness.

Our Aim

The aim of the service is to comply with the local Home Oxygen Patient Pathway, and with National Department of Health and British Thoracic Society Guidelines on the Provision of Home Oxygen.

What we do

Our team of clinicians monitor, review and support patients who have been prescribed oxygen for their medical needs.

The home oxygen assessment service works in conjunction with the hospital oxygen teams to manage all of those over 18 years old requiring oxygen (The only exclusions are for those requiring short burst oxygen for cluster headaches).

The respiratory assessment includes:

Capillary blood gas analysis to determine a patient’s oxygen requirements (this involves taking a small sample from an ear lobe)
Initiation, maintenance and withdrawal of home oxygen therapy
Education, advice and support for the patient, and their loved ones relating to oxygen

Page last reviewed: 04 March 2024
Page created: 04 March 2024