Wright, Kerri, Ryder, Sherrie and Gousy, Mamood (2007) An evaluation of a community matron service from the patients’ perspective. British Journal of Community Nursing, 12 (9). pp. 398-403. ISSN 1462-4753

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Abstract

Community matrons are a relatively new government initiative aimed at case managing people with long-term conditions to reduce the number of emergency bed days used in hospitals. Although there have been extensive evaluations of similar case management projects, to date there has been little evaluation of the community matron's role and the perceptions patients have of this new service. One of the main Government agendas for care is to deliver a high quality service driven by the needs of the service users (DH, 2000). In order to drive this agenda, care is to deliver a high quality service driven by the needs of the service users (DH, 2000). In order to drive this agenda, it is important that the views and perceptions of people on the receiving end of the services are heard, valued and appropriate actions taken. This two part evaluative report sets out to explore how people with long-term conditions perceive the impact of community matrons and the differences this new service may have had on their lives. Questionnaires were sent to 100 patients who were currently being case-managed by a community matron to evaluate the community matron service from the patients' perspective. Part two reports on patients' perceptions of the community matron role and the influences of the role on their health.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	community matrons, case Management, patient perspective
Subjects:	R Medicine > RT Nursing
Pre-2014 Departments:	School of Health & Social Care School of Health & Social Care > Department of Acute & Continuing Care
Related URLs:	Publisher Organisation Organisation
Last Modified:	14 Oct 2016 09:07
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/2619

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