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Community Children’s Nursing Provision 2010: Position Paper and Scoping Exercise
Ruth Davies
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Swansea University Author: Ruth Davies
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This All Wales Scoping Exercise of CCN provision was started and completed in 2010 by Ruth Davies Swansea University with the cooperation of the All Wales Community Children’s Nursing Forum. Main findings are as follows: The Royal College of Nursing has campaigned for ‘a child’s right to be cared fo...
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Nursing Praxis International
2010
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This All Wales Scoping Exercise of CCN provision was started and completed in 2010 by Ruth Davies Swansea University with the cooperation of the All Wales Community Children’s Nursing Forum. Main findings are as follows: The Royal College of Nursing has campaigned for ‘a child’s right to be cared for at home’ (UN, 1989) and for a 24/7 Community Children’s Nursing Service across the UK. The RCN’s recommendation for a average district with a child population of 50,000 a minimum of 20 WTE CCNs to provide a holistic community children’s nursing service addition to any child specific continuing care investment’. Under this formula, based on the present child population (0-19 years) of 700,000 plus (Statistics for Wales,2008), this would mean at least 280 CCNs across Wales. In short, there would have to be six fold increase in the present number of 40-45 (WTE) CCNs in Wales. In addition, each CCN team would have to consist of six WTEs to provide 24/7 service (Forys,2001). If the NHS in Wales is to achieve this it will require a substantial investment and rebalancing of children’s nursing services between hospital and the community and not least a wholesale change in the working culture of paediatric service in Wales.To conclude, this report stressed that CCN provision across Wales remains patchyand inequitable. There is real need to develop a 24/7 CCN service to provide: 1)Hospital at home for children and young people 2)Continuing care and support ,especially for children and young people with life-limiting conditions and 3)End of Life Care for children and young people at home |
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Community children's nursing All Wales Scoping Exercise |
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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