Children's nursing (CCN) service

Key objectives

  • Provide direct nursing care to children at home, thus minimising hospitalisation where appropriate;
  • Provide child specific advice within educational or residential facilities;
  • Teach parents, teachers and other carers to provide care and treatment to specific children through a comprehensive competency framework;
  • Monitor a child’s progress and liaise with medical and other allied heal

Useful links

The Health Foundation

The Health Foundation is an independent charity working to continuously improve the quality of healthcare in the UK.

www.health.org.uk

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) is an independent not-for profit organisation based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. IHI focuses on: