Dubai
DHA
هيئة الصحة بدبي
Dubai Health Authority licenses home healthcare providers via Sheryan, with a defined home-visit service and staffing framework.
Investors · Facility Type
Open a Home Healthcare provider in the UAE.
Nursing, physiotherapy and post-operative care delivered at the patient's home is a licensed facility category of its own — and one of the fastest-growing segments in the UAE. We manage the DHA, DOH or MOH classification, staff licensing and your DED commercial license.
المستثمرون · نوع المنشأة
افتتح مزود رعاية صحية منزلية في الإمارات.
التمريض والعلاج الطبيعي ورعاية ما بعد العمليات في منزل المريض فئة منشأة مرخصة بحد ذاتها — وأحد أسرع القطاعات نموًا في الإمارات. نتولى تصنيف الجهة المختصة، ترخيص الكوادر، والرخصة التجارية.
3–6mo
Typical setup-to-license timeline
مدة زمنية من الإعداد حتى الترخيص
3
Licensing authorities — DHA, DOH, MOH
جهات ترخيص محتملة
AED 300K+
Typical setup investment (staff-count dependent)
استثمار الإعداد التقديري
No
Full clinical premises required
لا حاجة لمنشأة سريرية كاملة
The facility type
What counts as home healthcare — and who licenses it.
نوع المنشأة
ما الذي يُعد رعاية صحية منزلية — ومن يرخصه.
A home healthcare provider is a licensed operator that dispatches nurses, physiotherapists or other clinical staff to deliver care directly at a patient's residence — nursing visits, post-operative recovery support, elderly and palliative care, wound management and medical equipment provision are the most common services. Unlike a clinic or hospital, the license centers on staff credentials, equipment handling and home-visit safety protocols rather than a large physical premises.
Depending on the emirate, your home healthcare operation is licensed by one of three regulators:
مزود الرعاية الصحية المنزلية جهة مرخصة توفد ممرضين أو معالجين فيزيائيين أو كوادر سريرية أخرى لتقديم الرعاية مباشرة في منزل المريض — زيارات تمريضية، دعم التعافي بعد العمليات، رعاية كبار السن والرعاية التلطيفية، والعناية بالجروح. وعلى عكس العيادة أو المستشفى، يركّز الترخيص على مؤهلات الكوادر وسلامة الزيارات المنزلية بدلًا من منشأة فعلية كبيرة.
وبحسب الإمارة، تخضع عملياتك لإحدى ثلاث جهات تنظيمية:
Abu Dhabi
DOH
دائرة الصحة أبوظبي
Department of Health Abu Dhabi licenses home healthcare through Tamm, with Riayati integration required for home-visit records.
Northern Emirates
MOH
وزارة الصحة
Ministry of Health and Prevention licenses home healthcare providers operating in Sharjah, Ajman, RAK, Fujairah and UAQ.
What to plan for
Cost, timeline & the approvals unique to home healthcare.
ما يجب التخطيط له
التكلفة، الجدول الزمني، والموافقات الخاصة بالرعاية المنزلية.
Setup cost range
From roughly AED 300K for a small registered office and initial nursing team, scaling primarily with staff headcount rather than premises size.
Timeline
Typically 3–6 months from application to opening, largely driven by how quickly individual staff licenses can be processed alongside the facility license.
Home-visit safety protocols
The license requires documented protocols for equipment transport, infection control and emergency escalation during a home visit.
Staff-led, not premises-led
Every nurse, therapist or physician dispatched must hold an individual professional license — the facility license is really a license to deploy licensed staff.
Approvals specific to home healthcare
Beyond the standard facility license, home healthcare providers need: individual professional licensing for every nurse, therapist and physician on the roster, a documented home-visit protocol covering infection control, equipment handling and emergency escalation, medical waste disposal arrangements for home-generated clinical waste, and Malaffi/NABIDH/Riayati connectivity so home visits are logged against each patient's national health record.
موافقات خاصة بالرعاية المنزلية
بالإضافة إلى الترخيص الأساسي، يحتاج مزودو الرعاية المنزلية إلى: ترخيص مهني فردي لكل ممرض ومعالج وطبيب ضمن الكادر، بروتوكول موثّق للزيارات المنزلية يغطي مكافحة العدوى والتعامل مع المعدات، ترتيبات التخلص من النفايات الطبية الناتجة عن الزيارات المنزلية، والربط مع ملفي/نبض/رعايتي.
Common questions
Home healthcare licensing, answered.
أسئلة شائعة
ترخيص الرعاية المنزلية، موضّح.
Does a home healthcare provider in the UAE need a clinical premises?
A registered office is required for licensing, administration and equipment storage, but a full clinical premises like a clinic or hospital is not. Care is delivered at the patient's residence, so the license focuses on staffing, equipment handling and safety protocols rather than facility infrastructure.
What services can a licensed home healthcare provider offer in the UAE?
Typical licensed services include home nursing, physiotherapy, post-operative care, elderly and palliative care, wound care, and medical equipment provision. The exact scope depends on the licenses held by individual staff and what is declared on the facility license.
How long does it take to license a home healthcare provider in the UAE?
Typically 3 to 6 months from application to opening, largely driven by how quickly individual staff licenses — nurses, therapists, physicians — can be processed alongside the facility license itself.
Investors · Home Healthcare
Let's scope your home healthcare project.
لنحدد نطاق مشروع الرعاية المنزلية.
Tell us the emirate, your target service lines and expected staff count — we'll come back with a feasibility study and a realistic licensing timeline.