Their numbers at some public hospitals have more than doubled compared to five years ago.
SINGAPORE: Ms Leong Sok Yee has been in the healthcare sector for over 20 years, and made the switch from acute care in a hospital to community nursing six years ago.
Ms Leong, along with a community case manager and centre staff, during a home visit discovered that she had had a few falls and had not been eating well, taking her medications or attending hospital appointments. The number of such healthcare professionals under the National University Healthcare System , which includes National University Hospital, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, Alexandra Hospital and Jurong Community Hospital, has increased from 10 in 2017 to about 50 currently.
Ms Leong is part of the Tan Tock Seng Community Health Team that has more than 60 community health posts and serves about 1 million residents in central Singapore, while NUHS serves residents in the west with 40 such posts.Community nurses look after the care needs of a range of people, from those who are well to those at the end of life, said Ms Sam Pei Fen, assistant director of community nursing at NUHS Regional Health System Office.
She added that the nurses do basic health assessments for patients flagged by social partners and come up with a holistic care plan for them. A lot of collaboration with partners is required, and care goes beyond health, she said, adding that the care delivery model cannot depend on just nurses.
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