Joanne Hung, Lisa Hollins & Professor Jeremy Dale describe a study undertaken to increase awareness of district nurses out of hours activity and the provision of care
Social care has become a hot topic in the news in the past year, with the worries and fears of the sector being widely reported. Many people may think it is an issue which does not affect them — but the reality is that most of us at some point in our lives will need care and support.
In recent years healthcare in the UK has focused on the numbers, with targets taking priority over patient experience. Jason Beckford-Ball investigates the effects on services and asks where we are heading in the future...
Peter Savage critically reviews the history of the UK's contemporary policy of community care.
In the first of two articles Peter Pettit & Sandy Tinson look at dealing with complaints from service users and the implications for community nurses.
Joan Douglass & Sarah Venn discuss an audit of the care given by a Macmillan nursing team, in a bid to provide information which could be used to improve the quality of care provided by the team.
