title: Developing the community matron role in care homes.
abstract: Care homes in England deliver complex packages of care to people with long-term conditions. The current policy focus on improving care pathways, choice and self-determination for people with long-term conditions offers tremendous opportunities for partnership working between the private and the public sector. This article describes an initiative to introduce the role of the community matron into the care home setting.
authors.affiliation: Leeds Primary Care Trust, Leeds. angie.clegg@leedsth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Angie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clegg
authors.forename: Dee
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Clingo
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hinchcliffe
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004739:England; D006291:Health Policy; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration