Taff Ely Primary Care Cluster
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Community (District) Nurses

The District Nursing service provides direct care in a patients’ home.  District Nurses help manage a patient’s condition effectively at home, offering treatment, advice and support in a bid to avoid the need for unnecessary hospital admissions or A&E attendances.
They also work closely with other healthcare professionals such as GPs, social care and voluntary groups to provide patient care and support.

Who is it for?
The District Nursing service is for people who are unable to attend a healthcare premise to receive treatment (patients who are housebound).  The service also supports patients when they are being discharged from hospital
to allow them to return home swiftly and safely.

What to expect
District Nurses provide:
 Health and well-being support to help patients live independently and cope with a chronic illness or disease
 Nursing assessments to assess eligibility for continuing health care funding
 Information and support to families and signposting to further information if needed
 Assessment, management and prevention of leg ulcers
 Continence and management of incontinence information
 Pain management and symptom control in palliative and terminal care and in chronic disease management
 Support for other specialist nursing care where patients may have complex care needs e.g. tracheotomy
 Education in self-medication

Contact Telephone: 01443 444069 (24 hours a day) - Use of this service is by
referral and all referrals are assessed to ensure that they are suitable.

2022
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    • Need a Wheelchair?
  • Health & Wellbeing Support
    • Community Resources >
      • Wellbeing Co-ordinator
      • Local Activities
      • Sheds Project
      • HAPI Project
      • Life Long Learning
      • Pontypridd Canal
      • Cafe 50, Pontyclun
      • Ynysybwl Regeneration Partnership
    • Supporting People
    • Job Centre Plus
    • Want to Cut Down? >
      • Alcohol & Drugs
      • Smoking
      • Weight Loss
      • Gambling Support
    • Mental Health & Wellbeing >
      • Mental wellbeing
      • Active Monitoring and Counselling
    • Bereavement
    • Dementia
    • Diabetes Videos
    • Diabetes and Pregnancy
    • Fit Notes
    • Coils & Implants
    • Sexual Health
    • Back Pain
    • Veterans
    • What is the Joint Care Programme?
    • Patient education programme Time4me
  • Cluster Professionals
    • Choose Well!
    • Eye Care
    • District Nurses
    • Health Visitors
    • Midwives
    • Dentists
    • Physiotherapy
    • Pharmacists
  • Local Surgery Links
    • Useful Contacts
    • Taff's Well Medical Centre
    • Taff Vale Surgery
    • Parc Canol Group Practice
    • Old School Surgery
    • NewPark Surgery
    • Eglwysbach Medical Practice
    • Ashgrove Surgery