Campaigns
1 in 4 people over the age of 75 in the United Kingdom need a district nurse's care at home, rising to 1 in 2 people over 85. In total district nurses visit more than 2.6 million people a year At the same time the number of trained district nurses has fallen to fewer than 10,000 in England. At the same time, the number of health care assistants - trained to do specific tasks but who are not qualified nurses - has more than doubled
As a result, in 2010 The Queen's Nursing Institute launched the 'Right Nurse, Right Skills' campaign with the aim of drawing attention to the continuing loss of nursing skills in the community, and the impact this is having on the quality of care for elderly and vulnerable people in their own homes.
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