Home Visits, Emergency Support and Provider Services
Services delivered by nurses, allied health professionals and home healthcare providers work differently from consultations, and the differences matter.
Pricing
The Platform does not set, publish, or recommend a price for home visits or emergency support. There is no default or platform rate for these services. The price is proposed by the provider for the specific request and becomes binding only when the patient accepts it.
Prices are usually quoted per day of service. Where a booking spans several days, the total is the daily price multiplied by the number of service days, plus any travel fee the provider states separately and the ₦15,000 Verification Fee described below.
Virtual consultations with a provider are the one exception: they are fixed platform-wide at ₦5,000 and are not negotiated.
How a booking is made
• You select a provider, or post a general request that matching providers may answer.
• You describe what you need, where, and when.
• The provider responds with a price, usually per day of service.
• You may accept, decline, or make a counter-offer. Either side may counter again.
• When you accept, payment becomes due. Nothing is owed before this point.
• After payment you complete identity verification and consent.
• An administrator reviews the verification and approves or rejects it.
• Only after approval are your details released to the provider.
• The service is delivered on the agreed dates and hours.
A booking is confirmed only when payment has been received and, where identity verification applies, that verification has been approved. An offer, an acceptance, or a completed form does not by itself confirm a booking or oblige a provider to attend.
Negotiation
Either side may propose terms and either side may counter. What is negotiable includes the daily price, the number of service days, the dates, and the daily start and end times. A provider is not obliged to accept the schedule you asked for and may propose a different one; you are not obliged to accept their price.
Standard service hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm unless you and the provider agree otherwise.
Emergency support — what it is not
Emergency support on the Platform means a provider attending at short notice. It is not an ambulance service, not a resuscitation service, and not a substitute for emergency medical care. If someone's life may be at risk, call 112 first. A provider attending under emergency support will direct you to emergency services where that is the appropriate course, and is required to.
Patient responsibilities
• Give accurate information about the care needed, the address, and who will be present.
• Provide a safe and lawful environment for the provider to work in.
• Be present, or ensure the person you named is present, at the agreed time.
• Do not ask a provider to work outside their scope of practice. They will refuse, and they are right to.
Provider responsibilities
• Attend at the agreed time and place, or give notice as early as they reasonably can.
• Work within their registered scope and their professional standards.
• Escalate to a doctor or to emergency services anything beyond that scope.
• Keep everything they learn about you confidential.