What does the service provide?

Upon receipt of your referral, and in discussion with your main health professional, we undertake a specialist nursing assessment.

In many cases we are able to offer them specialist advice and a management plan to your nurse over the phone, or via email, without a face-to-face consultation.

Sometimes it may be appropriate for us to visit in which case we would arrange to see you with the health professional that referred you to us.

We are based in Abingdon Community Hospital but our service can be provided to patients in their own homes, community hospitals, GP surgery, care home or mental health ward.

There may be no further need of our service following the initial assessment and advice.

At times however it may be appropriate for us to remain in contact and undertake further reviews. This will be discussed and agreed with you.