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More care out of hospital? A qualitative exploration of the factors influencing the development of the district nursing workforce in England.

Vari M Drennan
Published in: Journal of health services research & policy (2018)
There is an apparent paradox between health policies which promote more care within and closer to home and the reported decline in district nursing services. Using the lens of workforce development theory, an explanatory framework was offered with factors such as the nature of the nursing labour market, human resource practices, career advancement opportunities as well as the contractual context and the economic environment.
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