NEWS AND NOTES

Lord Darzi Responds to the ADNE question on the future of District Nursing!

Stephen Phillips (ADNE representative): How do you perceive the role of the District Nurse in the 21 Century given your vision for the health service ?

Ara replies: The local SHA visions all spoke about the potential of nursing to play a bigger role in helping to prevent ill health and treat people closer to home. My report announced that nurses working for primary care trusts at the moment will be able, if they wish, to apply to set up social enterprises in their own right and keep their NHS pensions. I heard throughout the last 12 months that some nurses want to be freed up to get on and provide the high quality care that they wish to.

TERMS OF REFERENCE

To Provide A Forum For Members To:

Act as a pressure group, lobbying for changes that will enhance the health of people in the country, through educational networks
Debate and respond, as a group of Professionals to issues of National Preferred policy
Critically appraise current developments in District Nursing to disseminate good practice
Share and devlop educational and research expertise to further the principles and practice of District Nursing
Encourage and support individual professional growth and development