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 ...

Community matrons have a positive effect on patient perceptions of care, psycho-social support, access to services and advocacy, according to nurse researchers from London and Reading. They ...

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 ...

The first of a new breed of matrons is starting work with GPs in Brighton and Hove on Monday. Six senior, experienced nurses have been appointed as "community matrons" to provide extra care for ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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