Primary Care Network Community Teams (Brighton & Hove)

Formerly known as District/Community Nursing.

We work closely with your GP to help you get the care you need. We'll:

• Review your health condition, assess your needs, agree with you a health action plan and help you care for yourself.
• Provide care to you wherever you live.
• Ensure you get the health services you need, such as education and advice, medicines and continence services. For some services you'll need to go to your GP surgery - if you can.
• Work with all specialist teams to ensure you get the right care, from the right people, with the right skills, at the right time.
• Work with social services to ensure care plans and support packages meet your needs.

We provide care to:

• People aged 16 and over.
• Who are registered with a GP in Brighton & Hove.
• Who have a long term condition or who are frail or elderly and housebound.
• A long term condition is a health a condition that cannot be cured but can be managed with therapy and/or medication.

Teams provide:

• Advanced physical assessment skills
• Independent prescribing and case management.
• Care co-ordination.
• Nursing staff.
• Allied Health Professionals.
• Community medication review pharmacist.
• Generic support workforce.