ABSTRACT
The children's national service framework advocates children's services being designed and delivered around the needs of the child. This article details parental perception of and satisfaction with a paediatric community matron service that aims to reduce emergency admission of children aged 0-16 with respiratory disease. Parents valued the individualised holistic relationship formed between the community matron, child and family. One in four said their child's hospital attendance was reduced.
Subject(s)
Community Health Services/economics , Consumer Behavior , Nurse Administrators , Nurses, Community Health , Parents/psychology , Pediatric Nursing , State Medicine , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Cost Savings , Health Services Research , Humans , Infant , Nurse Administrators/economics , Patient Admission/economics , Patient Admission/statistics & numerical data , Pediatric Nursing/economics , State Medicine/economics , Surveys and Questionnaires , United KingdomABSTRACT
This article describes a new service in Cheshire East Community Health that aims to reduce respiratory emergency admissions. The service promotes an integrated package that delivers education to children and families in their own homes/environments. It uses support from a community matron to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and improve parental education.
