In each issue of the Journal of Community Nursing we investigate a hot topic currently affecting our readers. In this, our re-launch issue, we take a look at the changing face of care provision in the UK with the question...Who is today’s community nurse?

Anne Pearson, Practice Developmen,t Manager,QNI
Anne Williams, Lymphoedema Nurse Consultant and Researcher, Blantyre, Scotland
Kate Arkley, Community RGN, Galway, Ireland
Jackie Stephen-Haynes, Professor and Consultant Nurse in Tissue Viability, Birmingham City University and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust Annette Bades District Nursing Specialist Practitioner and Clinical Lead Cardiorespiratory, Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust