Put older people on the agenda.
England's chief nurse Jane Cummings is developing a new nursing strategy ( page 8 ). The existing strategy, Compassion in Practice, had little to say about how nursing would respond to the needs of the growing older population. Despite this, nurses are taking the initiative, developing roles in comprehensive old age assessment and care management for frail older people.
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