How To See A Community Nurse

 

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Housebound patients will be referred by one of the GPs for this service. The community nurses are specially trained to care for people in their own homes. They work as a team and liaise with the doctors on a daily basis.

The service provides cover seven days a week and aims to help patients by:

  • Teaching them (and their carers) ways of looking after themselves
  • Providing care and support
  • Advising on staying healthy/preventing ill health
  • Referring to other services that may be able
  • Liaising with the GP if the patient wishes

image of a community nurse