IV Therapy Service

The community based IV Therapy service is available to patients who are well enough to receive this treatment out of hospital and are registered with a Stockport GP.  These are some of the main conditions which can be treated:

• Chest Infection
• Cellulitis
• Leg Ulcer
• Osteomyelitis
• Urinary Tract Infection
• Bronchiectasis
• Diabetic Foot Infection
• Surgical Site Infection

Patients are treated in clinic at Mastercall Healthcare.  Domiciliary visits are also available for patients unable to attend clinic such as, immobile/house/bedbound/nursing home resident.

Please click below for supporting documentation for GP practices:

• GP-referral-poster-Stockport
  (including single point of access number)
• NHS-Stockport-CCG-Service-Outline-IV-Community-Therapy-Service
   – Service outline
• Algorithms
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Cellulitis
  • Leg-Ulcer
  • Osteo
  • Resp-Tract-Infection
  • Surgical-Site-Infection
• NEWS-Escalation-Stockport
   – Escalation pathway example
• Patient information leaflet – to follow
• Community-IV-Therapy-Service
  – Mastercall Presentation

If you have any queries about the service please contact Mastercall directly on 0161 476 9644. 

The press release regarding IV Therapy can be viewed below:

• IV-Therapy-service