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Ever ready
 — [pilot of "Evercare nurses" in the UK by 10 PCTs]
Author(s)Carol Lewis
Journal titleHealth Service Journal, vol 113, no 5886, 8 January 2004
Pagespp 26-27
Sourcewww.hsj.co.uk
KeywordsGeneral practice ; Nurses ; Medical care ; Pilot ; Bradford ; Bristol ; Gloucestershire.
AnnotationA model of care for older people which has helped nurse practitioners to cut hospital admissions and prescriptions through improved risk management is being piloted in the UK by 10 primary care trusts (PCTs), and has been well received. "Evercare nurses" are based on a US model of an expanded clinical role. The pilots report good results in increasing quality of social care. However, there has been criticism of diverted resources and an unthinking importing of US ideas. This article reports on Evercare projects in Airedale, Bristol South and West, Bristol North, and South Gloucestershire PCTs. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-040112203 A
ClassmarkL5: QTE: LK: 4UC: 88A: 8AB: 8G

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