District nursing
North Tyneside Primary Care Trust's (PCT) district nursing service provides a twenty four hour service to patients in a variety of locations across North Tyneside. District nurses in North Tyneside provide a range of services including:
- Teaching self care procedures to enable patient’s to manage their own health needs
- Educating patients and carers to adapt to limitations imposed by related health problems
- Preventing health complications associated with immobility and disability in existing illness
- Wound management
- Participation in the rehabilitation of patients following surgery, disability, accident or illness
- Long-term management and support of patients with chronic degenerative conditions using a proactive case management approach
- Terminal and palliative care (end of life care)
- Treatment and monitoring of health problems within the local community
- Participation in the public health agenda in the local community
How can I access the service?
Access to the district nursing service Monday - Friday 8.30am - 5pm is via your GP surgery or local health centre.
At all other times, including bank holidays you can contact us via northern doctors urgent care on: 0845 60 80 320. Calls may be taken by non clinical staff; if you wish to speak to a district nurse please leave your contact details and they will call you back.
Contact details
In addition to accessing the district nursing service via your GP, there is also a centralised district nurse referral line for North Tyneside, tel: 0191 238 0044.
Useful websites
Link to find local GP:
www.twcsa.nhs.uk
