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A policy perspective on workforce pressures and retention in district nursing

McBride, M. ORCID: 0009-0000-3288-5438 (2025). A policy perspective on workforce pressures and retention in district nursing. British Journal of Community Nursing, 30(12), pp. 588-590. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2025.0217

Abstract

The current healthcare landscape represents the vision to provide care closer to home in a more comprehensive way than ever before. However, with the existing workforce challenges within district nursing workforce and the shortfall in nurses, pressures on community-based services are expected to increase as they strive to meet this additional demand. The author explores contemporary issues related to recruitment and retention through the lens of existing government policy, which aims to address increasing caseloads, realignment of services, staff turnover and burnout and consider some of the potential solutions.

Publication Type: Article
Additional Information: This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in British Journal of Community Nursing, copyright © MA Healthcare, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.12968/bjcn.2025.0217
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
R Medicine > RT Nursing
Departments: School of Health & Medical Sciences
School of Health & Medical Sciences > Department of Nursing & Midwifery
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