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ITEM 9 Community Nursing Review

North Lanarkshire Council · 21 February 2024
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REPORT 
Item No: 9 
SUBJECT: Community Nursing Review
TO: Integration Joint Board Performance Finance & Audit Committee
Lead
Officer for
Report:
Trudi Marshall, Nurse Director, Health & Social Care North
Lanarkshire
Author(s) of
Report 
Sharon Murray, Associate Nurse Director  
DATE: 21st February 2024 
1. PURPOSE OF REPORT
This paper is coming to the IJB PFA for: To update members on progress of
Community Nursing Review 
For Approval: ☐ For Endorsement: ☐ To Note: ☒ 
2. ROUTE TO THE BOARD
This report was prepared by Sharon Murray, Associate Director of Nursing who is
leading the community nursing review. The report has been reviewed by Community
Nursing Review Programme Board and Strategic Commissioning Plan Board. 
This paper has been: 
Prepared By: ☐ Reviewed By: ☒ Endorsed By: ☐

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3. RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that the IJB PFA Committee:
(1) Consider progress of Community Nursing review 
4.  VARIATIONS TO DIRECTIONS?
This section outlines if the report requires a direction to be issued to the Local
Authority, the Health Board, to both, or that no direction is required        
5. BACKGROUND/SUMMARY OF KEY ISSUES
5.1 
Community Nursing is a planned service that is delivered in all six localities and
provides nursing care to people that cannot leave their homes to access nursing
care within health centres. 
It provides this service to all age ranges and people can have a one off intervention
or be on caseloads for a significant period of time. Anyone can refer into community
nursing services including patients and carers. 
It operates over 7 days between the hours of 8 am and 10 pm. There is a separate
overnight nursing service which operates between 10 pm and 7 am which
predominately provides palliative care pain relief and unscheduled care. 
There is currently 320 staff (234.84 whole time equivalent) working with in this
service providing assessment care and treatment to approximately 3,700 people. 
This service was last reviewed in 2006 therefore a review of community nursing
within North Lanarkshire HSCP was commissioned by Nurse Director, Health &
Social Care North Lanarkshire on 20 August 2023 with the aim to develop a model
which meets the needs of our changing demographics and also to support improved
workforce planning with clear career progression pathways. 
Demand for our health and social care services is ever increasing as people live
longer but are often now living with multiple long term conditions and increasingly
complex needs for health care and social support. 
The COVID-19 pandemic came at a time when there had already been a stalling in
life expectancy and a widening of inequalities. The pandemic has compounded pre-
existing health inequalities with evidence showing that COVID-19 has had greater
direct and indirect effects on people living in more deprived localities and those who
are most vulnerable. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been a strong
Yes ☐ No ☒ N/A ☐

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reminder that health and wellbeing outcomes are influenced by wider determinants in
terms of the life circumstances and opportunities and fundamentally the control
people have over their lives. 
Health inequalities are driven by wider socioeconomic determinants such as poverty,
employment, education and place thus actions that can be taken to positively
influence these wider determinants through maximising our role as an inclusive
anchor organisation will support our overarching ambition to reduce health
inequalities.   
The community nursing review will ensure the following: 
 service develops to meet the needs of the local population, demography
and economy 
 be appropriate and responsive to the changing needs of patients, be
proactive (not reactive), anticipate need and prevent illness 
 be at the centre of the delivery of coordinated joint service  
5.2  Objectives and Process
 Develop a Vision for Community Nursing in Lanarkshire.
 Map demography, local need and current service provision
 Develop a stakeholder engagement to ensure that we engage the
community, staff and service users
 Develop a revised clinical model
 To develop a workforce plan – utilising the 6-step methodology of
workforce planning
 To develop a training and development plan to support the new staffing
model
 Review Governance for Community Nursing
 Implement recommendations of review and monitor impact on patient
outcomes 
To achieve the objectives a Project Plan was developed and agreed with key
stakeholders. Short Life Working Groups (SLWGs) were established covering
o Vision & Model
o Caseload Complexity 
o Care Management & Referral Criteria, 
o Roles, Responsibilities and Training 
o Boundaries 
The Short Life Working Groups meet fortnightly and provide Flash Reports on
progress 4 weekly. 
Overall governance Is provided by the CNR Project Board which meets 12 weekly.

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5.3 Current Progress 
5.3.1 Vision & Model. 
There have been engagement sessions with community nursing staff and feedback
requested from service users and GP’s. This has shaped the vision: 
Our population is changing, it’s growing in diversity and people are living longer. Our
services therefore need to be equipped to care for the increasingly complex health
and social care needs which are a result of poorer health in older age. Our vision is
to transform Community Nursing to ensure it is appropriate and responsive to meet
patient’s future care needs. (Appendix 1) This includes a shift from what is often a
reactive to a more proactive, preventative approach.  It involves working with
patients, unpaid carers, families and other agencies, as necessary, with a focus on;
direct nursing care, health promotion and education, future care planning and
supporting self-care for patients or for those who look after them.’ 
At the stakeholder’s session staff recruitment and shift pattern was a recurring
challenge raised. A review of the service needs which includes evening and
overnight nursing demand, against current staffing has been agreed and is being
supported by the workforce team. 
A feedback event has been scheduled during February 24 to provide feedback to all
key stakeholders around the future vision of community nursing. A communication
strategy has been developed (Appendix 2). 
5.3.2 Caseload Complexity 
Work is underway with the teams to develop a consistent approach as to how we
measure and describe complexity of cases within a caseload. A number of audits
have now been undertaken to help understand how our current complexity tools are

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being used and assess their reliability and sensitivity in action. This is essential in
allowing us to be able to describe and monitor demand in the future. 
This work has identified that there is care being provided by registered nursing staff
that in other areas in Scotland is now being facilitated by other members of the
health and social care team with appropriate training. Work is now underway to
explore the potential for this in North Lanarkshire. This would require facilitation of
education sessions, relationship building and robust communication across the
Health and Social Care partnership. 
Safe staffing levels in nursing is currently monitored daily via real time risk
assessment tool known as PRAG (Purple, Red, Amber, Green). This tool records the
professional judgement of staff in relation to the complexity and volume of care to be
delivered against staff available to provide this care however, this can be subjective
at times and not applied consistently across all teams. Work to align the complexity
tool and PRAG whilst also adding more objectivity is underway and being tested. 
5.3.3 Care Management & Referral criteria. 
Care Management was introduced to community nursing teams in xxxx. This is
where people have high complexity of needs requiring a more senior nurse to be
allocated to the case and take the role of lead professional. This is often those with
complex palliative care needs or fluctuating needs with high risk of hospital
admission. 
It has been agreed that following approval of the vision the care management
approach will be reviewed to ensure that we are able to respond to rising
unscheduled complex demand, altering frailty levels and requirements for
coordinated locality response. 
The introduction of a single point of access for patients, carers and professionals
would ensure that patients are assessed and signposted to the most appropriate
service to meet their individual needs in a timeous manner, allowing for prioritising of
care and reducing waste visits.  Right care, at the right time, by the right people, in
the right place. 
This would provide an opportunity to discuss planned care and to attend discharge
planning meetings in cases when complex health needs are identified or specialised
equipment, i.e. hoists or mattresses are needed therefore when these referrals are
highlighted this can be timely captured and dates put into diaries for the nurses to
attend these meetings. 
Having a single point of access for all, which is consistent and efficient to support
early access will allow for prioritisation and appropriateness of referrals which will
free up clinical staff to see more face to face patients.  
This will allow patients and carers easier access to Community Nursing teams and
improve the patient journey. A test of this model commenced on 15/01/24 within
Houldsworth Health Centre and take calls for Wishaw, Motherwell and Bellshill

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5.3.4 Roles, Responsibilities and Training 
Within community nursing teams there is a specific role related to District Nurses
(DN) that required staff to leave their role and undertake a 1 year course at university
that would allow a separate registration onto the nursing and midwifery register. 
A number of years ago it was identified that this was creating a bottle neck in staff
development with significant unfilled DN post.  An internal DN trainee pathway was
developed and has been successfully supporting the training and registration of staff.
A review of this training pathway to ensure it reflects the new NES Nursing Midwifery
Allied Health Professional (NMAHP) Competency Framework and Queens Nurse
Institute Scotland (QNIS) standards. 
Over recent years the number of Newly Qualified Nurses (NQN) joining the teams
has gradually increased. A welcome Induction pack for new staff has been
developed that will be tested with newly qualified practitioners in November 23. This
will be evaluated on an ongoing basis. 
5.3.5 Boundary Work 
It is recognised that we have seen demographic shifts and profile changes within our
localities over recent years. It has been recognised that this means workforce
numbers and skill mix originally allocated to localities may now not meet demand. 
Work has commenced with Lanarkshire Principal Information Analyst to review how
we could develop a resource allocation tool based on demographics rather than
geographical boundaries to allocate workforce and resources. 
6. CONCLUSIONS
This report provides an update to IJB committee members on work underway as part
of the community nursing review in North Lanarkshire . It highlights some of the
complexities to the review and also some of the innovative approached being taken. 
7. IMPLICATIONS 
7.1 NATIONAL OUTCOMES
Link(s) to National Health and Wellbeing Outcomes 
People are able to look after and improve their own health and wellbeing
and live in good health for longer 
☒
People, including those with disabilities or long-term conditions, or who are
frail, are able to live, as far as reasonable practicable, independently and at
home or in a homely setting in their community
☒
People who use Health and Social Care Services have positive
experiences of those services, and have dignity respected
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Health and Social Care Services are centred on helping to maintain or
improve the quality of life of people who use those services 
☒
Health and Social Care Services contribute to reducing health inequalities  ☒
People who use Health and Social Care Services are safe from harm ☒
People who work in Health and Social Care Services feel engaged with the
work they do and are supported to continuously improve the information,
support, care and treatment they provide
☒
Resources are used effectively and efficiently in the provision of Health and
Social Care Services 
☒
7.2 ASSOCIATED MEASURE(S)
Associated measures include:
 A&E attendances
 Unscheduled bed days
 Delayed discharges
 Emergency admissions
 Re-admissions
 Improved assessment/planning outcomes
 Co design evidence
 People dying in place of choice 
7.3 FINANCIAL
Any financial impact will be highlighted at the end of the review  
This paper has been reviewed by Finance: 
Yes   No  N/A 
7.4 RISK ASSESSMENT/RISK MANAGEMENT 
Relevant Risk Register
Details 
Current Risk Level  Risk Owner 
Project Risk Register
There is a risk that due to
current service demands
staff are unable to
participate fully in the
review
Medium Sharon Murray

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7.5  ENGAGEMENT & PARTICIPATION
Please tick the engagement and participation objectives that link(s) with this piece of
work and provide further details on the engagement and participation that was
undertaken.
Objectives  Further Details 
☒ Involve stakeholders in the development
work aimed at achieving the national 
outcomes
Questionnaires to stakeholders –
GPs/Service users – June- August
2023
☒ Provide stakeholders with information on
how to get involved
As above
☐ Ensure a diverse range of engagement
and participation and opportunities are in 
place to suit different needs 
☐ Measure how well we involve community
stakeholders in the planning, design 
and delivery of our services 
☒ Provide regular feedback on how
stakeholder engagement and participation is 
shaping and influencing service
development and delivery
Report from Stakeholder Event
30.8.23
Feedback event arranged for
February 2024
☐ Provide support to enable stakeholder
representatives to participate meaningfully
and confidently at meetings 
☐ Develop participation guidelines to
ensure a common understanding and set of 
expectations for both stakeholders and
partnership staff 
☒ Support engagement planning and
participation in localities, taking account of 
other engagement activity and local plans
across the Community Planning 
Partnership 
7.6 INEQUALITIES & FAIRER SCOTLAND DUTY 
EQIA Completed & Fairer Scotland Impact Assessment Form Completed and
attached to report: 
Yes  No  N/A 
EQIA added to website: 
Yes  No  N/A

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8. BACKGROUND PAPERS 
9. APPENDICES
Please include a glossary of terms if not already included.   
Appendix 1 Community Nursing Vision Model 
Appendix 2 Communication Matrix Stakeholder 
CHIEF ACCOUNTABLE OFFICER (or Depute)  
Ross McGuffie Chief Officer 
Members seeking further information about any aspect of this report, please contact
the following;
Trudi Marshall, Nurse Director

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Direction from North Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board (IJB) 
1 Reference Number  
2 Report Title  
3 Date direction issued by
IJB 
4 Date from which direction
takes effect 
5 Direction to: 
6 Does this direction
supersede, revise or revoke
a previous direction – if
yes, include reference
number(s) 
7 Functions covered by
direction 
8 Full text of direction 
9 Budget allocated by
Integration Joint Board to
carry out direction 
10 Performance Management /
Governance arrangements 
11 Date direction will be
reviewed

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Appendix 1 
North Lanarkshire Community Nursing Review
Vision and Model 
Our new Vision and Model has been created through stakeholder engagement and
sets out the areas we will focus on over the coming years to ensure the service
meets the needs of North Lanarkshire’s population. We will see a shift in focus to
ensure an appropriate and responsive service for patients that is proactive,
anticipates need and prevents illness. We will do this by supporting the development
of our nursing staff to ensure patients receive the right care, at the right time, by the
right people, in the right place. 
Our vision is in line with Getting It Right for Everyone (GIRFE) a multi-agency
approach to health and social care support and services from young adulthood to
end of life care. It recommends working collaboratively to shape the design and
delivery of services, ensuring that people’s needs are met. GIRFE is about providing
a more personalised way to access help and support when it is needed. It aims to
place the person at the centre of all the decision making that affects them, with a
joined-up consistent approach regardless of the support needed at any stage of life.

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Right Care 
Know your population
To ensure we can provide the right care and allocate resources effectively it is
important that we understand the profiles of our localities, long term condition and
frailty prevalence. This will highlight key areas where we need to increase our health
promotion and education efforts. 
Capacity mapping of services, including those in the third sector will be used to
support patients and reduce reliance of NHS and Social Care. 
Caseload profiling to measure and manage the increasingly complex community
nursing caseloads will also be completed at set regular intervals to ensure capacity
and capability within the teams to ensure appropriate skill mix and experience to
support safe patient care and staffing. Complexity level descriptors have been
developed in line with the National Workload Tool. A PRAG Matrix tool has also
been devised and will be rolled out to support assessment of safe staffing and
decision making and give clear guidance and an escalation process in preparation
for the implementation of the Scottish Government’s Health and Care (staffing) Act
2019.
Care/case management- we will review the care/case management process and will
develop a system to proactively identify patients with complex needs and frailty. The
new system will enable District Nurses to work collaboratively with patients and their

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carers to enable them to live their best lives at home. This will include future care
planning, admission avoidance and will support a speedy discharge from hospital.
We will promote a change in terminology from discharge to transfer of care and work
with our acute colleagues to improve relationships and communication to facilitate
this. Developing care/case management will also be about expanding nurse led
services in the community with District Nurses and Advanced Nurse Practitioners
leading fully or in specific aspects of care which were traditionally overseen by
General Practitioners.
Person centred
The Nursing 2030 Vision calls for personalised care planning by working in
partnership with patients, finding out what matters to them, giving them all the
information they need and choices as appropriate in order to make decisions that are
right for them as an individual. Whilst the stakeholder event showed nurses are
providing a level of person centred care we want to expand this and improve our
clinical records to provide evidence of this approach.
Holistic
Care will not just be focused on the initial intervention required but on wider physical,
social and psychological needs. Community Nurses will identify the key factors
contributing to patient’s immediate acute problem/illness and work collaboratively to
reduce risk and prevent issues reoccurring in the future. We will support self-care,
where appropriate using an asset based approach. Community Nurses will support
people to recognise and develop their own strengths and abilities to enable them to
live as independent and fulfilling a life as possible.
Realistic 
Future Care Planning, is the process of documenting the preferred actions,
interventions and responses that need to happen if a patient becomes unwell. We
will introduce ReSPECT (Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and
Treatment) discussions with patients around Future Care Planning to ensure their
wishes are visible to heath care professionals should an emergency situation occur
where they are unable to make decisions as recommended by the Chief Nursing
Officers letter issued September 2023.
Evidence based 
An audit of leg ulcer management highlighted that best practice using evidence
based guidelines were not always being followed. An assurance process is now in
place however we know there are other areas where these are needing developed.
We have prioritised this in order to ensure our service is safe, effective and person
centred by continuously monitoring the quality of care, listening to feedback and
learning from adverse events in line with Excellence in Care. 
Right time

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Referral Criteria
Community Nurses take referrals both in and out of hours from a number of sources;
GPs, Treatment Rooms, hospital, Social Work, self-referrals and other health care
professionals with no agreed set process in place. Referrals can be over the phone
or written but nurses have highlighted the quality is often poor and lacking the key
information required. This can result in delays in care and patient safety issues.
Indeed, between January and September 2023 there were 168 DATIX submitted
related to discharge issues. There are also various referral forms being used which
also vary in quality. We will work with all stakeholders to make improvements in the
referral process to ensure patient’s care is safe, effective, person centred.
Single point of access/ Triage
The stakeholder engagement highlighted a need for a single point of access and
Triage system to be developed. This would ensure that patients are reviewed to
assess patients and navigate care to the most appropriate service/environment to
meet their individual needs, in a timeously manner, prioritising care and reducing
waste visits.
Seamless care delivery
Community nursing is a 24 hour 7 day a week service however there is a reduction
in staffing at the weekend which means only patients who require daily visits i.e.
patients requiring daily dressings, injections or those with end of life care needs are
seen. This often puts pressure on other days of the week especially Monday and
Fridays. It also means that care provided needs to fit round the reduced service
which is not always in the best interest of the patient. We will therefore develop the
service to better fit around the needs of the patient. 
Flexibility in patient visit scheduling
Flexibility in the scheduling of visits to suit individual patients needs also needs to be
more formalised, with the date and approximate time of visits being discussed and
agreed in advance, as well as updates being given when a visit is delayed or
deferred. This is essential to enable social connections/networks and reduce stress
created by unpredictable appointments. Lack of planning, discussion and agreement
has been shown to have negative impact on patients which can effect; when they
eat, drink and even go to the toilet. We will improve our approach to scheduling
patient visits to ensure a more person centred approach.
Technology
Technology is rapidly changing the way people live, work and interact. Telehealth
systems for example, Near Me, were used very successfully during the COVID-19
pandemic with many services continuing to use it to support patient care. Whilst not
a replacement for direct patient care it can be used to support self and shared care
with other services. 
Agile working also has many benefits for patients and community nurses it improves
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empowering staff to organise their workload. Whilst systems are in place to support
agile working for Community Nurses it is not widely used. 
The use of near me, agile working and other forms of technology will be encouraged
and supported to improve the efficiency of our nurses and support person centred
care.   
Right People 
Values
NHS Scotland’s core values are at the heart of Community Nursing in North
Lanarkshire. We have developed professional and clinical assurance and
governance structures to ensure all patients receive care with compassion, dignity
and respect, promoting openness, honesty and responsibility through high quality
and teamwork. We will continue to support quality improvements and monitor
progress to ensure our values are being upheld in practice. 
Continuity
Knowing your patients is a key factor to support patient care in the home. Having the
same or a few nurses not only helps build confidence and trust but helps monitor
progress, recognises deterioration quicker and enables more effective
communication. Patients become frustrated when they have to repeat information to
numerous healthcare professionals. The Overnight Nursing Service is currently
hosted in the Adult Unit which is out with the Community Nursing Teams. As a result,
the team cover a large geographical area which is not ideal as continuity of care is
difficult to achieve. A formalised locality/sector based, rotational service will be
scoped to enable better communication, allow for staff development and support and
provide a less fragmented approach to care. 
Flexibility in work pattern
During the stakeholder engagement some staff highlighted the need for more flexible
working, with the lack of 12 hour shifts being cited as a barrier for some nurses
choosing Community Nursing as a career option. However, any change in shift
pattern needs also to align with patient care needs. Furthermore, it would require a
change in working practice as the majority of patient visits are carried out in the
morning and late afternoon. A more flexible approach however, may be possible and
different start times as well as lengths of shifts will be explored to assist with
recruiting and retaining staff.
Role development
As the balance of care shifts even further to community we are preparing for the
future care needs of our population in the backdrop of ongoing challenges in
recruiting and retaining registered nurses. Our response to this will involve reviewing
roles and responsibilities. Work has begun in developing the Assistant Practitioner,
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for Healthcare Support Workers and create a pathway to becoming a registered
nurse for those who aspire to this. 
We also created a Lanarkshire District Nurse Trainee framework that has enabled us
to work towards quickly filling the large deficit in District Nurses due to chronic under
investment. This has not been without challenges however with staff leaving prior to
completing the framework and staff moving to work in GP practices or other areas
once qualified. A focused piece of work has therefore been completed to understand
why staff are leaving with exit interviews being conducted by the Senior Nurse. We
will use the recommendations developed from these to make improvements in order
to support completion and retention. Going forward we will monitor all grades and
roles of staff, ensuring succession planning to prevent similar situations occurring in
the future.  
For the past 5 years all Trainee District Nurses have been completing non-medical
prescribing (V300) qualification,  however on qualifying there is a wide variance in
their prescribing practice. We will work to reduce this by supporting the development
of V300 prescribers in areas that patients will benefit most and provide assurance
through fully imbedding the Non-Medical Prescribing Governance Framework in
practice. 
Induction and training
We will develop a role specific; comprehensive induction, competency framework
and bespoke training programmes for all levels of Community Nurses. This will
reduce variation and ensure that not only District Nurses and Advanced Nurse
Practitioners but all staff are supported and equipped with the knowledge and skills
required to provide high quality care. This will also enable the review of roles and
responsibilities to benchmark against Transforming Roles.
Leadership
Team Leaders having clarity of the Community Nursing Vision as well as in their
roles and responsibilities is essential to ensure effective leadership. We will support
team Leaders to develop their leadership skills by creating a bespoke competency
framework, training and induction for them, as mentioned above. We need to invest
in our team leaders and promote compassionate leadership. Effective leadership is a
key factor in the quality of care and will be vital in initiating and sustaining the
changes required by our new model of nursing. 
Voluntary services
We will develop ways for nurses to build relationships and work closer with voluntary
services. This will help ensure the available supports are accessed for patients and
carers. Whilst this can help promote wellbeing and independence it also has a part to
play in supporting staff by freeing up their time to prioritise clinical care as some
patients may not require ongoing professional interventions.
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With an ageing workforce of nurses who will need to work longer before retirement it
is important that we support staff to be healthier and fitter for longer. This will be
done via a range of activities; embedding a robust supervision framework, having
staff centred meaningful personal development plans, supporting sickness absence,
ensuring equality and diversity, more flexible working and ensuring compassionate
leadership are only a few examples. Ensuring a safety culture by introducing the use
of safety culture cards to team meetings, encouraging staff to complete
Psychological Safety and iMatter surveys and ensuring they are fully involved in the
development of improvements plans identified by these tools are other areas we will
promote. 
Right Place 
Integration 
Community Nurses play a pivotal role in shifting the balance of care from hospital to
community, however we recognise that improvements could be made therefore we
will create the right conditions to work collaboratively and integrate further with social
care, voluntary workers and carers. To do this effectively for the benefit of our
patients we need to have a better understanding of each other’s roles and break
down barriers that are preventing effective, person centred care. 
Advanced Nurse Practitioners 
Advanced Nurse Practitioners are being introduced into Community Nursing Teams,
this autonomous role will develop over time to support teams to care for patients with
acute illness and those with long term conditions who are deteriorating, by
developing care plans to enable them to be cared for safely at home. This will also
include improved integrated working between Community Nurses and Hospital at
Home in order to manage patients more effectively. Early recognition of deterioration
and earlier referral to Hospital at Home will lead to earlier diagnosis and improved
outcomes for patients. We will also develop our Community Nurses to administer
Intravenous Antibiotics in the community to reduce hospital stay and the risks
associated with being in hospital for those patients deemed suitable. 
Treatment Room
A caseload cleansing exercise was carried out in one of the teams which highlighted
Community Nurses were seeing some patients who were suitable for their care to
transfer to the Treatment Room. There is therefore a need to educate staff on better
use of the treatment rooms and on having early discussions with patients during the
first visit to highlight that their care will be transferred to a Treatment Room once/if
they are assessed as suitable. The cleansing exercise also showed there were other
patients who were not housebound and where Treatment Rooms would offer more
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interventions required. An example of this was stable, routine urinary catheter
insertion. Furthermore, there are patients who are seen at weekends by Community
Nurses as there are no Treatment Room facilities available out of hours. This leads
to a lack of continuity of care with patients who are not housebound having to wait in
for a visit. This can also result in patients having to take time off from their work. 
Right Care- Right Time- Right People- Right Place 
Community Nursing in North Lanarkshire needs to evolve, our new Vision and Model
will ensure the service meets the challenges of increasing demand and complexity of
patients. It will equip our nursing staff with the appropriate knowledge and skills to
provide safe, effective, person centred care.

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Appendix 2 
Author Dawn Currie
Contact
Details  Owner Sharon Simpson/Caroline
Martin 
Version Control 
Insert additional details of the document below
Date 9.11.23 Document
No.
1.0  Document
Status 
Strategic Alignment 
Communication Matrix & Stakeholder
Engagement
Community Nursing Review 
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Version Control History   
Version Date Version
Number
Summary of Changes Author 
0.1 Draft for comment & Review Dawn Currie            
1. Overview
As we embark on a review of Community Nursing in North Lanarkshire, we aim to
ensure effective communication and stakeholder engagement throughout the
process, this paper highlights how we will achieve this.
The Community Nursing Service was last reviewed in 2006. There have been
significant changes in the population of North Lanarkshire and their health and social
care needs over this period. A review has therefore been commissioned to
modernise the service and ensure it meets the current and future needs of our
increasingly complex patients.  
The Covid19 pandemic came at a time when there had already been a stalling in life
expectancy and a widening of inequalities. The pandemic has compounded pre-
existing health inequalities with evidence showing that Covid-19 has had greater
direct and indirect effects on people living in more deprived localities and those who
are most vulnerable. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has been a strong
reminder that health and wellbeing outcomes are influenced by wider determinants in
terms of the life circumstances and opportunities and fundamentally the control
people have over their lives. 
Lanarkshire’s predicted changes are highlighted in the table below;

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Health inequalities are driven by wider socioeconomic determinants such as poverty,
employment, education and place thus actions that can be taken to positively
influence these wider determinants through maximising our role as an inclusive
anchor organisation will support our overarching ambition to reduce health
inequalities.   
1.2 Aims:
We will review the current service to ensure the following 
 service evolves to meet the challenges of needs, demography and economy 
 be appropriate and responsive to the changing needs of patients, be proactive (not
reactive), anticipate need and prevent illness 
 be at the centre of the delivery of coordinated joint services 
1.3  Objectives  
 To communicate a positive message about the project to all stakeholders.
 To raise awareness and impart information.
 To provide opportunities to address individual queries and concerns.
 To communicate a positive message to internal and external stakeholders about
the project deliverables, and the importance to the ambitions of the council and the
benefits it will assist in achieving. 
 To keep all members of the project team up to date with the work taking place and
address any queries, issues or concerns raised during any aspect of the project
delivery. 
1.4 Stakeholder Engagement Plan
This programme consists of four Short Life Working Groups and an
overarching Working Group, that have been established to work on the
Community Nursing Review. During the initial stage the communications is
concerned with the discovery phase of the work streams and communications
will be co-ordinated at senior level.  Once the discovery phase has been
completed and scoping approved the work stream leads and the project
manager will be responsible for developing communication activity with this
being co-ordinated and approved by the Project Board.  During the planning
and delivery phase there are crucial changes to the involvement required from
certain key parties and this is illustrated in the heat map at the end of this
document.
Our stakeholders are identified as those who have a vested interest in the
project and business change/transformation activity that will occur during this
project and have the influential power to affect the strategic future of
Community Nursing. No stakeholders have been excluded and there will be
opportunity to involve stakeholders throughout all activities and engagement
performed by the work streams and project team.

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This activity also allows us to determine the right messages and the optimum
time to engage with our stakeholder community and assists in our ability to
carry out meaningful engagement without overloading the work stream teams
or stakeholders.
For the purpose of all phases of delivery we will focus on those identified in
the key player quartile as these are the stakeholders that need to be involved
and communicated with on a regular basis. At that point a more
comprehensive refresh will take place and all stakeholders will have tailored
engagement activity.  This may of course change as the engagement
activities commence in earnest and the activities will be under constant
review. 
1.5        Target Audiences    
Communication activity is considered from the perspective of several target
audiences, both internal and external.  These include, but are not limited to: 
Name 
(Individual / Group)
Role
(briefly describe role,
function or responsibility
of the individual or
group)
Impact of Project
(briefly describe how the
project / deliverables may
impact the individual or
group)
Community Nursing
Teams
Staff and current roles
impacted by the project.
Require to be fully informed
during all aspects of project
delivery and clear
communication regarding
options available to them.
Patient Representatives Awareness of project
deliverables and
understanding of
outcomes.
Ongoing communication
and where required.
Short Life Working Groups
(SLWGs) 
Key staff leading related
work streams.
Awareness of other work
streams and impact to
overall delivery and
timescales.
Communications Teams Support the project
going forward.
Awareness of project
progress and timelines.
General Managers Staff and current roles
impacted by the project.
Require to be fully informed
during all aspects of project
delivery and clear
communication regarding
options available to them. 
General Practitioners Staff and current roles
impacted by the project.
Require to be fully informed
during all aspects of project

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delivery and clear
communication regarding
options available to them.
Service Managers  Staff and current roles
impacted by the project.
Require to be fully informed
during all aspects of project
delivery and clear
communication regarding
options available to them. 
North Lanarkshire IJB Support the project,
approve governance
documentation and
make decisions on
issues escalated. 
Escalate issues to as
required. 
Awareness of progress, risk
and issues, decisions to be
made.
Allied Health Professionals Awareness of project
deliverables and
understanding of
outcomes.
Ongoing communication
and where required.
Acute Colleagues Awareness of project
deliverables and
understanding of
outcomes.
Ongoing communication
and where required.
Project Board  Support the project,
approve governance
documentation and
make decisions on
issues escalated. 
Escalate issues to as
required. 
Awareness of progress, risk
and issues, decisions to be
made.
Senior Leadership Team  Support the project
going forward.
Awareness of project
progress and timelines.
Social Work Colleagues
(North)
Awareness of project
deliverables and
understanding of
outcomes.
Ongoing communication
and where required. 
South Partnership 
Awareness of project
deliverables and
understanding of
outcomes.
Ongoing communication
and where required.
Wider Organisation Full awareness of
project deliverables and
how they influence
service delivery. 
Awareness of project
progress, integration options
and any other requirements
for their services.

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Other Boards  Awareness of project
deliverables and
understanding of
outcomes.
Ongoing communication
and where required.
Patients/Service Users Awareness of project
deliverables and
understanding of
outcomes.
Ongoing communication
and where required.
General Stakeholders Awareness of project
deliverables and
understanding of
outcomes.
Ongoing communication
and where required.

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1.6 Communications Matrix
The following table identifies the communication requirements for this project. 
Audience Communication
Type
Objective of
Communication
Frequency Owner
Community Nursing
Teams
Email Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
as and
when
required
CNR
Working
Group
Patient
Representative
Email/ Social media Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
as and
when
required
CNR
Working
Group
Short Life Working
Groups
Email- via flash
reports
Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
as and
when
required
CNR
Working
Group
Communications
Team
Email Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
as and
when
required
CNR
Working
Group
General Managers Email Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
as and
when
required
CNR
Working
Group
General
Practitioners
Email Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
as and
when
required
CNR
Working
Group
Service Managers Email Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
as and
when
required
CNR
Working
Group
North Lanarkshire
IJB
Email Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
as and
when
required 
CNR
Working
Group
AHPs Email Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
As and
when
required
CNR
Working
Group
Acute colleagues Email Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
As and
when
required 
CNR
Working
Group

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Project Board Email or directly at
Project Board
meetings
Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
12 weekly CNR
Working
Group
Senior Leadership
Team 
Email  or directly
via SLT
Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
as and
when
required
CNR
Working
Group
Social Work
Colleagues (North)
Email Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
as and
when
required
CNR
Working
Group
South Partnership  Email Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
as and
when
required
CNR
Working
Group
Wider Organisation Email Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
as and
when
required
CNR
Working
Group
Other Boards Email Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
as and
when
required
CNR
Working
Group
Patients/Service
Users
Email/Social
Media/Targeted
Press coverage
Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
as and
when
required
CNR
Working
Group
General
Stakeholders
Email Update on progress
and outcomes of
Community Nursing
Review
as and
when
required
CNR
Working
Group

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High
Influence 
Low
Influence
Keep
Satisfied
(Inform)
Patients/Service Users
General Stakeholders 
Engage Closely
(Inform/Engage)
Community Nursing
Patient Representatives
Short-Life working Group
Communications
Teams
General Managers
General Practitioners
Service Managers
North Lanarkshire IJB 
Monitor
(Inform)
Other boards
Wider Organisation 
Keep Informed
(Inform)
Allied Health Professionals
Acute colleagues
Project Board
Senior Leadership Team
Social Work colleagues
South Partnership 
Low Interest  High Interest