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Community provider wins decade-long deal for nursing services Subscription
An NHS trust in London has welcomed a new contract to deliver community health and social care services in Ealing, to support people to receive treatment closer to home.
Prescribe exercise for falls prevention in community settingsSubscription
Falls in older people living in the community can successfully be prevented by prescribing exercise, according to a major new review of the research evidence.
Nurse shortages put plans for community and mental health at riskSubscription
Concerns have been raised over the ambitions of the new NHS Long Term Plan, with analysts highlighting an “ongoing deterioration” in workforce numbers in critical areas such as primary and community care, nursing and mental health.
Nurse to provide first-of-its-kind service for Isles of Scilly Subscription
A dedicated nurse has been brought in to support people on the Isles of Scilly with their mental health concerns in a first-of-its-kind appointment to improve access to care.
Exclusive: Plans for foundation training for community nursingSubscription
Plans are in the pipeline for new foundation training for community nurses, as part of efforts to raise awareness of the role and boost recruitment and retention, Nursing Times has learnt.
Exclusive: Community nurses in Dorset trying out 'e-bikes'Subscription
A team of community nurses in Dorset is using electric bikes to visit their patients as part of an initiative to improve staff wellbeing, patient engagement and the environment, one of the nurses leading the project has revealed to Nursing Times.
HEE chief highlights need to encourage more nurses into communitySubscription
Providing tailored support for nurses interested in working in the community is one way to halt the worrying decline in district nurse numbers, according to the chief executive of Health Education England.
New specialist nurse service to ‘bridge’ settings in SwindonSubscription
A new service will see a team of dedicated specialist dementia nurses working across community and hospital settings in Wiltshire.
More than half of palliative home care patients suffer medication errorsSubscription
Improvements to out-of-hours palliative care are urgently needed to protect people from harm and unnecessary suffering, researchers have warned.
Trust pilots GPS devices to improve safety of community nursesSubscription
A trust in the West Country is exploring whether new technology will help to keep members of its community nursing team who are working in rural, isolated areas safer.
