A group of newly qualified district nurses will be providing vital care as part of South Lanarkshire’s community health service.

A total of 20 district nurses have completed the health board's trainee programme within the last three years and have joined local teams which offer specialist care within people’s homes.

The new intake will join the South Lanarkshire University Health and Social Care Partnership (SLHSCP).

Professor Soumen Sengupta, SLHSCP Chief Officer, welcomed the nurses to the team: “These are challenging times for health and social care, which makes it all the more important that we recognise the expertise of our staff, highlight the impact that they make across our communities, and recognise how fulfilling a career in caring can be.

“The professionalism and dedication that characterises the work of our district nurses – as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team – continues to be vital to the continued development of our services.

“I’m delighted to welcome our new colleagues to South Lanarkshire and look forward to the good work ahead.”
 

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Joanne Jenkins, Associate Director of Nursing for SLHSCP, said: “Nursing can often be synonymous with hospitals - however, our community teams are equally crucial to people’s health and wellbeing.
“District nurses must have the knowledge and resources to deliver highly complex clinical care to people in their homes and in homely settings.
“Augmenting the skills they have developed during initial nursing education, our DN trainee program further equips our staff with the specialist attributes to enable specialist care at home.”


She added: “We are exceptionally proud of the high standard of support our teams are delivering, day in, day out.
“Each and every trainee who has come through this program has also displayed the drive and commitment that will only add to the service being delivered.
“These are challenging times – but the expertise we have coming through bodes well for the future.”