Community Matrons - Alder Hey

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Children's Community Matrons are experienced senior nurses and advanced practitioners who specialise in caring for children with complex health needs.

Your child’s community matron will be able to clinically examine your child and prescribe medication if required. A community matron will make sure your child’s journey of care is as smooth as possible. This will hopefully mean less duplication and fewer unnecessary trips to the hospital or doctor’s – saving you time and effort.

They will plan and coordinate ways of meeting all your child’s health and social care needs. Above all, your community matron is someone who is there for you and your child, and will make sure your views are heard, so you can feel in control when decisions are being taken about your child’s health.

They will act as your child’s ‘case manager’ – the single point of contact for care, and they are able to offer support or advice and will work closely with you and your child to plan and manage your child’s care and treatment. They will work alongside hospital and community based Paediatricians as well as your GP and the Children’s Community Outreach Team.

The community matron will also work in partnership with other professionals involved with your family, for example, Health Visitors, School Health Practitioners, Social workers, teachers and respite facilities to co-ordinate, manage and evaluate the package of care you receive.

The Community Matrons will be available to attend and support you during multi-disciplinary meetings or clinic appointments if you request.

You can expect your community matron to visit you each month if your child is well or there are no problems. If your child is unwell or you have concerns the community matron will visit more frequently.

As soon as you have any concerns/worries/queries about your child’s health or you have any concerns ring your community matron immediately

The community matron will have good links with all the doctors involved in your child’s care and will be able to link in them with the aim to reduce hospital admissions. However if admission is unavoidable we will continue to support you and your child’s throughout the stay and support an early return home.

Who to contact

Telephone
0151 295 9700 0151 295 9700
Website
https://alderhey.nhs.uk/.../community-services

Where to go

Address
Alder Hey Hospital,
Eaton Road
West Derby
Merseyside
Postcode
L12 2AP
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Availability

Referral required

Last Updated

Last updated: 02/12/2022

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