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Forging ahead: Zara Williamson is among nurses in Kent who have been piloting the community matron role as part of the local primary care trust (PCT) 'district nursing renaissance project'. The project has involved training up junior staff so that more senior nurses can concentrate on allocated groups of patients with long term conditions. Ms Williamson said: 'Patients now have continuous support, which was not there before.' It is anticipated that a reduction of up to 50 inpatient admissions per district nurse caseload will be achieved by July. Director of nursing and professional development at Dartford, Gravesham and Swanley PCT, Ami David said: 'We believe these highly skilled people have the potential to become the "community matrons" of the future'.