Support matters: a mixed methods scoping study on the use of assistant staff in the delivery of community nursing services in England

Spilsbury K, Pender S, Bloor K, Borthwick R, Atkin K, McCaughan D, Watt I, Adderley U, Wakefield A, McKenna H
Record ID 32014001322
English
Authors' recommendations: Our scoping study highlights the opportunities and challenges associated with the use of assistants to deliver care by the community nursing team. Further attention at national and local levels is required to support and mediate the development of these roles in the future so as to promote the delivery of quality, safe and acceptable care. As provider organisations plan for delivering an ambitious community services agenda in the future, the role of the assistant is likely to have increasing importance.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2013
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Nursing Methodology Research
  • England
  • Health Personnel
Contact
Organisation Name: NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research programme
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