The NHS Plan – funding nursing care
Emma Pritchard , Are Development Fellows, RCN Gerontological Nursing Programme
The NHS Plan (DoH 2000), published last year, emphasises improved care for older people. Key within it is the proposal that older people in all settings will receive free NHS nursing care by October this year. This is good news for older people living in nursing homes and who are at present paying for their nursing care. The Royal Commission on long term care (1999) recommended that all personal and nursing care should be funded, but this has been rejected by the government, which has said nursing care, but not personal care, will be free, thus creating an artificial divide between the two. As nurses who work with older people will know, integration of services and care approaches are necessary to maximise the older person’s potential, and respond to their expressed needs and wishes.
Nursing Older People.
13, 2, 30-31.
doi: 10.7748/nop.13.2.30.s17
Want to read more?
Already have access? Log in
or
3-month trial offer for £5.25/month
Subscribe today and save 50% on your first three months
RCNi Plus users have full access to the following benefits:
- Unlimited access to all 10 RCNi Journals
- RCNi Learning featuring over 175 modules to easily earn CPD time
- NMC-compliant RCNi Revalidation Portfolio to stay on track with your progress
- Personalised newsletters tailored to your interests
- A customisable dashboard with over 200 topics
Subscribe
Alternatively, you can purchase access to this article for the next seven days.
Buy now
Are you a student? Our student subscription has content especially for you.
Find out more
