Praise for enhanced community nursing service in Hywel Dda area
Delivering care in the community and supporting patients to stay well and out of hospital has been given a boost following the start of a new cohort of community trained nurses to the enhanced community nursing service.
Hywel Dda University Health Board made a commitment to build on community services to the people of Cardigan and surrounding areas. The range of treatments being provided includes wound dressings, responding to urgent requests and providing end of life nursing care.
Following a period of training, the eagerly awaited nursing workforce started on 14 July and the early results are encouraging. Within the first two weeks, 27 people were referred and care was provided to people ranging in age from 16 to 90 years old, often avoiding admission to hospital and assisting discharge home.
Comments received from patients and relatives have been positive and express appreciation of the support given by the enhanced community team. One relative said “May I take this opportunity to thank you all. You were all fantastic and supportive, caring and understanding and it meant a lot to us to have this care provided at home. The service you gave was remarkable we could not have been able to ask for more”.
University Health Board Chair Bernardine Rees OBE said: “This new model of care will benefit the local community through its enhanced community services, bringing care closer to people’s homes. We are keen to help people better understand the new way of providing care and would encourage people to attend future public information events which we are planning in the coming months, particularly in relation to the investment we are making in developing a new purpose built Cardigan Integrated Care Resource Centre.”
The service will continue to develop over the next two months to fully integrate with health, social care and reablement services, ensuring easy access to the right level of care required. In addition, prior to the start of this community service, the local concern expressed regarding access to nursing beds was addressed by commissioning interim beds in nursing homes and use of Joint Care Beds. The service will continue to assess and commission on the basis of changing needs in the community.
Mrs Rees concluded: “I wish to take this opportunity to pay tribute to our staff, and our partner agencies, who continue to work hard to develop this service and for their commitment to providing improved care and better outcomes for patients.”
Hywel Dda University Health Board made a commitment to build on community services to the people of Cardigan and surrounding areas. The range of treatments being provided includes wound dressings, responding to urgent requests and providing end of life nursing care.
Following a period of training, the eagerly awaited nursing workforce started on 14 July and the early results are encouraging. Within the first two weeks, 27 people were referred and care was provided to people ranging in age from 16 to 90 years old, often avoiding admission to hospital and assisting discharge home.
Comments received from patients and relatives have been positive and express appreciation of the support given by the enhanced community team. One relative said “May I take this opportunity to thank you all. You were all fantastic and supportive, caring and understanding and it meant a lot to us to have this care provided at home. The service you gave was remarkable we could not have been able to ask for more”.
University Health Board Chair Bernardine Rees OBE said: “This new model of care will benefit the local community through its enhanced community services, bringing care closer to people’s homes. We are keen to help people better understand the new way of providing care and would encourage people to attend future public information events which we are planning in the coming months, particularly in relation to the investment we are making in developing a new purpose built Cardigan Integrated Care Resource Centre.”
The service will continue to develop over the next two months to fully integrate with health, social care and reablement services, ensuring easy access to the right level of care required. In addition, prior to the start of this community service, the local concern expressed regarding access to nursing beds was addressed by commissioning interim beds in nursing homes and use of Joint Care Beds. The service will continue to assess and commission on the basis of changing needs in the community.
Mrs Rees concluded: “I wish to take this opportunity to pay tribute to our staff, and our partner agencies, who continue to work hard to develop this service and for their commitment to providing improved care and better outcomes for patients.”
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