District nursing team use teddy bear clinic to teach children about their role A district nursing team in Ireland has helped young children better understand the role of nurses by organising a ‘teddy bear clinic’.

A district nursing team in Ireland has helped young children better understand the role of nurses by organising a ‘teddy bear clinic’.

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A new faculty designed to strengthen professional standards and celebrate district nursing has been launched by the Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing (QICN).

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District nursing: Understanding the decline and mapping the future District nurses, who provide care to people in homes all over the country and operate all hours of the day, are fundamental to the government’s plans to shift more care from hospital to the…

⭐ 2025 Nuffield Trust highlights: Our research showed how demand for #DistrictNursing is rising, but an estimated one in four district nurses are leaving the profession and there has been a 43% decline in overall numbers since 2009.

District nurses ‘under immense pressure’ as end-of-life care gap widens Hospice funding constraints mean district nursing teams are increasingly caring for more patients who are at end of life

District nurses ‘under immense pressure’ as end-of-life care gap widens

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District nursing is struggling With one in four district nurses leaving the profession, a question mark remains over government plans to move healthcare to the community.

Despite government plans to move more NHS care into the community and out of hospitals, an estimated one in four district nurses left the workforce in the year to September 2024.

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🆕 @theasrstein.bsky.social spoke to @nursinginpractice.bsky.social about the state of the #DistrictNursing workforce, and why it's a problem that over a quarter are paid at a lower band than the typical starting point for qualified district nurses.

Over a quarter of district nurses lower than Band 6, report finds More than one in four district nurses are at a lower pay band than the typical starting point for the profession

Over a quarter of district nurses lower than Band 6, report finds

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NEW REPORT: Government plans to move more #NHS care into the community and out of hospitals won’t be achievable unless action is taken to address the problems facing #DistrictNursing. 👩‍⚕️

📉 The supply of district nurses is plummeting while demand for care has risen. Read the report: buff.ly/gezemDJ

What's next after CQC’s warning over nurse shortages? The Care Quality Commission’s latest report makes for difficult reading, says Steph Lawrence, chief executive of the QICN.

What’s next after CQC’s warning over nurse shortages?

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What's next after CQC’s warning over nurse shortages? The Care Quality Commission’s latest report makes for difficult reading, says Steph Lawrence, chief executive of the QICN.

What’s next after CQC’s warning over nurse shortages?

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District nurses signal appetite to strike in dispute with health board District nurses  surveyed about industrial action against a Scottish health board have ‘overwhelmingly indicated’ a willingness to strike

District nurses signal appetite to strike in dispute with health board

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🩺 The latest issue of the British Journal of Community Nursing is now available. This month’s edition offers clinical and reflective insights to support district and community nurses in delivering quality care.

Learn more, link in thread.

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The latest issue of Community Wound Care is available: 🔗 magonlinelibrary.com/toc/bjcn/30/...

This edition explores key developments and challenges in community-based wound care.

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A reminder that there’s fantastic #HistNursing online resource 💙
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📖 The July issue of the British Journal of Community Nursing features diverse collection of research, case studies, and core areas of community and district nursing practice.

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The June issue of the British Journal of Community Nursing is now available! Subscribers can access the full issue: magonlinelibrary.com/toc/bjcn/cur...

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The BJCN continence supplement 2025 is now available! Subscribers can access the full issue via #OpenAthens: magonlinelibrary.com/toc/bjcn/30/...

In this issue 👇

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QNI announces new chief executive | Nursing Times Read about the appointment of leading district nurse Steph Lawrence as the new chief executive of the Queen's Nursing Institute.

QNI announces new chief executive

Leading district nurse Steph Lawrence has been appointed as the new chief executive for the Queen’s Nursing Institute. #nursing #nurse #leadership #districtnursing #communitynursing #healthcare #QueensNurse #nurseleader #health

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We're looking for a Band 6 #DistrictNursing Caseload Holder in Liverpool 📌

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The impact of #districtNursing - and a warm, empathic and personal response on @careopinion.org.uk

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Looking to move into #DistrictNursing? Join us, where patients are at the heart of everything we do 💙

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British Journal of Community Nursing, January 2025

Have you read the January issue of the British Journal of Community Nursing?

📖 Subscribers, access the full issue here: www.magonlinelibrary.com/toc/bjcn/cur...

Access via #OpenAthens for institutional subscribers.

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Christmas campaign fundraising for community nurses in need The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has launched a Christmas campaign to raise money to support ...

Christmas campaign fundraising for community nurses in need

The Queen’s Nursing Institute has launched a Christmas campaign to raise money to support community nurses experiencing financial or emotional hardship. #nursing #nurses #qni #charity #districtnursing

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