Community matrons could become a casualty of the latest NHS reforms due to the low opinion in which the role is held by GPs, latest research suggests. Many GPs are sceptical about the impact of ...

Dr Anita Sharma explains how delegating responsibility to her community matron has freed up practice time and improved the care of her patients The community matron scheme was a part of five-year ...

We asked:- “Is the advent of the community matron an indication of the diminishing role of the social care worker as the boundaries between the two professions blur? These are the comments we received ...

The childrenâ s national service framework advocates childrenâ s services being designed and delivered around the needs of the child. This article details parental perception of and satisfaction with ...

Health secretary John Reid was making headlines for all the wrong reasons last week. But while hundreds of column inches were given over to his comments on working class mothers' pleasure from smoking ...

Liverpool's children's community matron service has helped children with complex health needs avoid having to turn to accident and emergency services, according to a patient survey. The Liverpool ...

A RAPID response service led by community matrons is helping to reduce GP call-outs and hospital admissions. The service, delivered by community staff from South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, ...

LIVERPOOL’S Children’s Community Matron Service, which covers North, South and Central Liverpool, are celebrating this week after findings from a recent patient satisfaction survey revealed excellent ...

THE traditional role of the matron has been revived in Sedgefield borough. But the outdated image of the strict head nurse bears little resemblance to the four community modern matrons appointed by ...

OLDHAM has a new team of community matrons who will care for the long-term sick in their own homes, sparing hundreds of patients the trauma of hospital. Health bosses say the scheme will save £3 ...

Patients with long-term conditions are being offered better care as community matrons start work. Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust has introduced the posts to meet the needs of those with ...