The community nursing service teams provide nursing care to patients in the community, and support for carers.

Community nurses work closely with GPs, social services, hospitals and other healthcare staff to provide a service tailored to meet individual needs. The service helps patients cope with ill health and disability, thus allowing them to have the best possible quality of life, while maintaining dignity and respect.  

Primary Care Nursing

The PHA Nursing team provides professional nursing advice and guidance to primary care services by contributing to the corporate nursing and midwifery objectives for the PHA, HSCB, GP practices and Federations

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