Written question WQ94479
- Asked by
- Rhys ab OwenIndependent
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 7 days
Question
What plans does the Welsh Government have to develop community and district nursing provision to support people with a terminal illness closer to home?
Answer
Answered by 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.