A new report has been issued by the RCN. There are only 4,000 district nurses who are working in the area and it is their job to try and provide care to around 55.8 million people. The long-term plan for the NHS has been published and they have set out a couple of aims to try and provide more nursing care in the community. They are also trying to give more people support in their homes too. The joint report has stated that they require urgent investment and they also need to be giving a higher level of training too. They have a vision to try and meet the reality and even the challenges that are being caused by the falling numbers of staff in the industry right now.

The report has also warned that district nurses are now working to the highest level of capacity and that they are not able to provide the high quality of care that is required. Nurses are working to capacity and they are also trying hard to deal with the older workforce too. There aren’t enough people to replace the nurses who are retiring. If you work in a nursing recruitment agency or even in a nurse agency then you will know how frustrating this can be and you will also know that the current system is failing.

District nurses are able to provide those who need care, with it. They are also able to give them hospital support too. District nurses really are a lifeline for patients and a lot of them are not able to leave the house. It’s about time that ministers undertook some degree of assessment for the nursing industry and it is also about time that they looked at what’s happening.