Care in local communities A new vision and model for district nursing
The need for high quality care delivered in local communities including in people’s homes is self-evident. Indeed much recent health policy points to the importance of improving and extending services to meet the health and care needs of an increasingly older population and provide services which may have previously been provided in hospital within community settings. Health services need to be responsive to people’s wishes and choices and to ensure that care delivers positive experience as well as best outcomes. More care will increasingly be out of hospital, in communities and people’s homes and will involve long-term relationships to support people to manage long-term conditions and comorbidity and we know that district nurses will be key professionals in planning and providing this care.
The Community Nurse Development Programme sets out the range of services within local communities and thus the importance of strong relationships and, where appropriate, integration of services to provide joined up care to local people. This has been developed as a visual representation which can be found at:
https://www.wp.dh.gov.uk/vivbennett/files/2012/10/Draft-model-of-Community-Nursing-for-Improved-Healthand-
Wellbeing.pdf
This programme also encompasses ‘Support for Carers’ and ‘Maximising the Nursing Contribution to the Dementia Challenge,’ which will be
launched next year. This document sets out how district nursing services can do this most effectively.
Published : 11th January 2013
Publisher : Department of Health [ More From This Publisher ]
Rights : Crown Copyright
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