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Children’s Community Nursing Team
The Children’s Community Nursing Team (CCNT) provides family centred acute nursing care in the child’s own home.
The aims and expected benefits of the service are:
- To reduce the number of children admitted to hospital.
- To reduce the length of inpatient stay when admission is unavoidable.
- To divert appropriate GP referrals to CCN Team by providing direct access to the team.
- To divert GP referrals from the Emergency Department by providing direct access to the Team.
Currently the CCN team operates from
- 8am – 9pm Monday – Friday
- 8am – 6:30 pm Saturday/Sunday and Bank holidays.
It is expected that these hours will increase from 8am till 10pm, 7 days a week depending on need.
Referrals
GPs can refer a child directly by phoning 07810 155181
Children who will be excluded from GP referrals to the CCN team are those who:
- Are less than 3 months old and over 16 years.
- Require URGENT medical attention.
- First febrile convulsion.
- If the GP has concerns around safeguarding.
- If the family are anxious and frequently presents to the GP, but the child is not acutely unwell.
- If home circumstances do not allow the child to be cared for at home.
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