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The district nursing workforce is under increasing pressure as the number of older people needing care within our communities who have long-term conditions rises. And the care being delivered is often complex and can be challenging to deliver. A range of factors is causing this rise in demand: the p...

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Published inCommunity practitioner : the journal of the Community Practitioners' & Health Visitors' Association Vol. 90; no. 5; pp. 34 - 35
Main Authors Ward, Jo, Durrans, Janet
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Media Shed 01.05.2017
Subjects
Aging
Chronic illnesses
Community health care
Community nursing
District nursing
Health care management
Health disparities
Integrated approach
Labor force
Life expectancy
Liver
Liver diseases
Lung cancer
Nursing
Older people
Poverty
Professional development
Quality
Reflective practice
Supervision
Workforce
United Kingdom > UK
England
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Summary:The district nursing workforce is under increasing pressure as the number of older people needing care within our communities who have long-term conditions rises. And the care being delivered is often complex and can be challenging to deliver. A range of factors is causing this rise in demand: the population is ageing but these are not necessarily healthy years. Data from Cheshire West and Chester in 2014 suggests that people living in the area will spend between 14 and 16.3 years living in 'not so good' health. Data from the local health profile in 2015 showed that, across the borough's 46 wards, there is a difference of 10.1 years in life expectancy in males and 7.9 years in females. The borough faces continued challenges to reduce rates of circulatory diseases and cancer, while deaths from liver disease and lung cancer have been increasing within Cheshire's most deprived communities.
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ISSN:1462-2815