District Nursing

District Nursing:

The District Nurses care for patients who are housebound in the patient’s own home.  They work alongside  Health Care Assistants, providing nursing care and advice on a range of health care issues, such as:

wound care
nutrition
pain and symptom control
specialist home equipment
health promotion
care of the terminally ill
support for carers.

With patients' consent they work closely with other agencies/professionals, for example, Social Services, Macmillan Nurses, physiotherapists, etc.

Patients are unable to refer directly to the District Nursing Service.  

Other Services:

District Nursing

Health Visiting

Midwifery

Phlebotomy (blood taking)

Community Care

Administration

Complementary Health

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