About Home Parenteral Support

Home Parenteral Support (HPS) is used to describe the treatment that is provided to people who need to have their nutritional, or fluid and electrolyte requirements, met through one of their veins, and it's considered appropriate to do this in the patient's own home. A HPS service is needed if the intestines, for various reasons, don't work enough (known as 'intestinal failure') for a person to get their nutrition through eating and drinking alone. For some people HPS is needed for a short period (e.g. a few months), whereas other people may need it throughout their lives. Sometimes people will need HPS to help boost their strength before they go into hospital for an operation.

The GP, or other local healthcare professionals may also get involved to check everything is going well, or to answer questions. For the most part however, it will be Calea with whom the most frequent contact is with, as Calea will have overall responsibility for providing the HPS service.