Cwestiwn ysgrifenedig WQ94479
- Gofynnwyd gan
- Rhys ab OwenAnnibynnol
- I'w ateb gan
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Cyflwynwyd
- Dyddiad ateb
- Atebwyd
- Amser i'w ateb
- 7 diwrnod
Cwestiwn
Mae'r cwestiwn a'r ateb yn Saesneg gan nad oes fersiwn Gymraeg ar gael.
What plans does the Welsh Government have to develop community and district nursing provision to support people with a terminal illness closer to home?
Ateb
Atebwyd gan Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
District nursing is the provision of registered nursing care in people homes in Wales and is the cornerstone of providing NHS healthcare in people’s homes. District nursing currently undertakes 2,520,000 visits per year, mainly to older people.
As part of Building Community Capacity Further Faster, we have prioritised the delivery of district nursing and specialist palliative care nursing at weekends through an This is an additional annual investment of £2.87m for district nursing services and £0.75m in specialist palliative care nursing.
The National Palliative and End-of-Life Care programme provides national leadership and support and acts as a forum to drive forward change and oversee health boards’ efforts to deliver the Welsh Government’s vision for improving end of life care in Wales.