Health1   06/08

The NHS in North Somerset is looking for people to help them plan how things like community nursing and children's services work in the future.

It's looking for people who currently belong to a voluntary or patient group to represent the views of patients and carers in the area.

The NHS Community Services team will soon be one of the biggest employers in north somerset providing 26 health services - and its staff will have a big say in how they're delivered.

(To find out more contact the NHS North Somerset Community Partnership)

*******
Health ALT
More patients in North Somerset will soon be getting treatment in their own home.

The Community Ward scheme, where patients can get such treatment they would usually have to get during a hospital stay, saw its first so-called 'virtual' ward open last year.

By September, seven of them will be open, covering the whole of North Somerset.

(To find out more contact the NHS North Somerset Community Partnership)