Care in local communities: A new vision for district nursing

摘要

On 4 January 2013, The Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI), in conjunction with the NHS Commissioning Board and the Department of Health (DH), published Care in Local Communities: A new vision and model for district nursing (DH, 2013). The report comes in the wake of concerns about "whether the declining number of district nurses will be sufficient to meet the challenges of an ageing population. Its aim is to promote district nursing as an attractive career option for those registered nurses who are motivated to drive up the quality of care delivery in the community, The new vision for district nursing has been introduced in conjunction with Compassion in Practice: Nursing, midwifery and care staff. Our vision in practice, which was published in December 2012 (NHS Commissioning Board, 2012).