A shortage of district nurses is driving ‘task-based’ care and risks undermining the government’s plans to shift care from hospital settings into the community, the healthcare watchdog has warned. The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC’s) annual report into the state of health care and adult social care in England stressed community services need ‘significant investment’ in... Read more The post CQC issues warning over shortage of district nurses appeared first on Nursing in Practice.| Nursing in Practice
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