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Integrated Care Services

Community Nursing Care and Support for Patients in Their Homes

Overview

Integrated Care Services offers community nursing care and advice for adults with long-term conditions, life-limiting illnesses, and those who are frail and elderly. This service is specially designed for housebound individuals in the NHS Mid Essex area.

Eligibility Criteria

•  Adults registered with a GP in the NHS Mid Essex area.
•  Must be housebound.

Service Details

We provide nursing services for those who are unable to leave their homes due to acute or chronic illness. Our treatments include:
•  Wound management for trauma and chronic wounds.
•  Lower-leg care for various types of ulcerations.
•  Post-operative care, transitioning to GP Practice nurses once ambulant.
•  Administration of medication, including IV therapy (excluding oral medications and long-term eye drops).
•  Ongoing treatment and monitoring of health issues and chronic degenerative conditions (e.g., MS, paraplegia, dementia, CCF).
•  Preventative care including flu vaccinations.
•  Management of urinary catheters and bowel issues.
•  Terminal or palliative care.
•  Encouraging self-care for patients and carers, including administering injections, PICC lines, eye drops, and dressings.
•  Preventing unnecessary hospital admissions through education, symptom management, and telehealth programmes.
We also have an End-of-Life Clinical Facilitator to support patients and families during the final stages of life.

Our Team

Our team consists of qualified specialist practitioners, nurses, and healthcare assistants.

Service Delivery

•  Care is provided exclusively to housebound patients.
•  Operating hours: 8am to 11pm, Monday to Sunday, including Bank Holidays.
•  For assistance outside these hours, please contact your GP’s out-of-hours provider.

Referral Process

Referrals must come from a healthcare professional, such as your GP or an Acute Hospital Trust.

Customer Feedback
Survey Period:

10 December 2012 – 31 January 2013 Respondents: 76

Feedback Highlights:
•  98.6% top score satisfaction.
•  100% found our Community Nursing staff professional, courteous, and pleasant.
•  100% felt treated with respect and dignity.
•  100% were satisfied with the clarity of treatment explanations.
•  100% felt involved in care and treatment decisions.
•  100% had important questions answered clearly.
•  97% knew who to contact with care concerns.

 

Operating hours:

Monday to Sunday,
8am to 11pm,
including Bank Holidays.

Call Us

0300 303 9988

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