Mersey Care provide district nursing teams across Knowsley, Liverpool and Sefton. They work closely with GPs and other health professionals, patients and their carers to improve or maintain health and promote independence, by providing high quality nursing care in the home environment.
What do we do
Our district nurses work seven days per week, 365 days a year and are accessible 24 hours a day providing care to vulnerable and housebound people within their own home or home environment.
What do teams provide:
- Manage and deliver care to patients with complex health needs
- Support and advice to patients and their carers in relation to their ongoing treatment
- Wound management including leg ulcers
- Palliative care for the terminally ill and care of the dying
- Bereavement support
- Health promotion for individuals, carers and communities
- Referral to other services if deemed appropriate such as social services, occupational therapy, dietitians.
District Nursing Services - Nights
This is a continuation of the service provided during the day.
Holistic Assessment
Please see below the holistic assessment aide memoire which has been updated to guide junior colleagues in carrying out comprehensive assessments helping them to review all essential information needed to support the patient journey.