Jacqueline Gladwin, Principal Lecturer in Nursing at Manchester Metropolitan University

2. DH 2013, Care in local communities: A
new vision and model for district
nursing supports the empowerment of
patients and sharing information with
them to achieve improved outcomes
 Royal College of GPs & Royal College
of Nursing are driving changes forward
to support the agenda
 Patient Groups want change and
many are proactive about moving the
agenda forward
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3. Moving Forward and not allowing the
agenda to become side tracked or
derailed
 Preparing the health care workforce to
support empowered patients and
embedding concepts in curricula
 Preparing patients to work in partnership
with health professionals and to manage
information
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4. Nurses have a major role in supporting
the estimated 15 million patients in the
UK with long term conditions
 The empowered patient can present
challenges for nurses and nurses need
preparing appropriately to facilitate this
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6Cs: Care, Compassion, Communication,
Courage, Competency, Commitment are
fundamental values in nursing and
partnership working is at the heart of all of
them