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Community nursing teams provide skilled nursing care to adults in their own homes, in residential homes or in a clinic setting. Patients are primarily housebound and will be expected to attend their doctor’s surgery as they recover.

We are attached to GP surgeries, working as part of an integrated team. We work closely with families, carers and other professionals including those in other healthcare settings, private and voluntary sectors.

We support and encourage people with a disability or long-term condition to live independent lives, providing a range of services and treatment to enable them to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and to support discharge as soon as it is appropriate when a hospital admission has been necessary. We also provide care to patients requiring palliative and end of life care.

Our community nursing teams cover practices across the borough in New Malden, Worcester Park, Kingston, Surbiton and Chessington, and work with colleagues within Social Services ensuring effective working relationships and good communication in relation to patient care.

Community nursing teams are led by district nurses - specialist practitioners in this area of work. Community Matrons are also key members of the teams and provide expert care for patients with one or more long term conditions, including diabetes, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD), Coronary Heart Disease, Parkinson’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis and HIV.

To contact Community Nursing:

Between 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday/Bank Holidays contact the Single Point Access on 020 8274 7088.

Outside these hours contact via 111 who will contact the community nursing services. We work in partnership with the 8 to 8 night response service to ensure that support is available to patients overnight. The 8-8 Night Response Service provides urgent nursing care to prevent hospital admission if appropriate. This service can be contacted via 111.

Your Healthcare works in partnership with Princess Alice Hospice which provides overnight services to patients in their own homes. This service provides palliative and end of life care to patients, supporting them with advice and symptom control.

The 8-8 Night Response Service provide urgent nursing care to prevent hospital admission overnight if appropriate. This service can be contacted via 111.

Your Healthcare works in partnership with Princess Alice Hospice which provides overnight services to patients in their own homes. This service provides palliative and end of life care to patients, supporting them with advice and symptom control.

 

 

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