Who Is Involved In Your Care?
Shipston Home Nursing works with your GP and other healthcare teams to help ensure you receive the best care for your needs. Some areas of our work overlap so it can be difficult to understand who is responsible for what. The table below is designed to help you understand the different teams that may be involved in your care and what their main responsibilities are.
We work closely together and can all support queries or concerns you may have.
Team
Shipston Home Nursing
Responsibility
Nursing care at home, including:
Symptom control
Personal care
Emotional support
Respite/night sits
The support you need may change over time and we will adapt our services to your needs.
Specific expertise/skills
Patient and family support
Discussions to help you plan future care needs and wishes
We can administer medication that has been prescribed by your GP
Team
GP (supported by frailty nurses)
Responsibility
Overall responsibility for your day-to-day health needs and care provision
Specific expertise/skills
Prescribing medication
Diagnosing conditions
Team
Hospital
Responsibility
Emergency and/or specialist care including operations, chemotherapy and complex palliative care
Specific expertise/skills
Specialist consultants
Emergency care
Post operative rehabilitation
Team
Direct Nursing Team
Responsibility
Community-based clinical care and support
Specific expertise/skills
Monitoring and managing symptoms (including medication)
Supporting patients, carers and families
Team
In-patient hospice
Responsibility
End of life care/last 6 weeks for those not able or not wanting to stay at home
Respite stays
Specific expertise/skills
Specialist, 24-hour clinical care
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