Neighbourhood Nursing Care

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:01 pm on 14 March 2018.

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Photo of Jenny Rathbone Jenny Rathbone Labour 2:01, 14 March 2018

The Buurtzorg model of self-determining small teams in charge of a group of citizens who need social care seems to me a really interesting way of improving and reshaping services to better meet people's needs. I'm particularly interested in the way in which around 900 teams in the Netherlands, which is obviously where this system has started, are now supported by no more than 50 administrators and 20 trainers, and meanwhile they spend at least 60 per cent of their time in direct contact with the people they're looking after. So, it's obviously of great interest to people as to how we move forward in light of the parliamentary review. Could you tell us what attention is being paid to the trials that have been progressing elsewhere in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland—how much information you're getting from how well they're working there? How quickly do you think the results of the Welsh pilots can be disseminated across the rest of the NHS in Wales? And would you agree that the Buurtzorg model is exactly the sort of bold new model of seamless care that is highlighted in the parliamentary review, and therefore something we should take great interest in?