Hudgell Avis, Gifford Julie, Lee Lyn
Epping Forest Primary Care Trust, Essex.
Nurs Stand. 2004;18(22):40-4. doi: 10.7748/ns2004.02.18.22.40.c3547.
Improving the quality of care for older people has been a key aim of the NHS for many years and is an important part of the NHS Plan (DoH 2000). The National Service Framework for Older People, published in 2001, made it clear that intermediate care processes are central to the provision of quality care to this sector of the population (DoH 2001). This article describes a service model of intermediate care in one primary care trust, outlining the processes and challenges encountered in establishing this multidisciplinary cross-agency initiative.
多年来，提高老年人护理质量一直是英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）的关键目标，也是《NHS计划》（英国卫生部，2000年）的重要组成部分。2001年发布的《老年人国家服务框架》明确指出，中间护理流程对于为这部分人群提供高质量护理至关重要（英国卫生部，2001年）。本文描述了一个初级医疗信托基金中的中间护理服务模式，概述了建立这一多学科跨机构倡议过程中遇到的流程和挑战。
