Piloting a Novel Award-Winning Carer Support Nurse Role: an Online Seminar

Professor Morag Farquhar from the School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia and Karen Murphy, Carer Support and Community Nurse with East Coast Community Health Care, speak to Australian university Flinders University, to talk about the Carer Support Nurse Role Pilot in the East of England.

The Carer Support Nurse initiative, which received early facilitation by UEA Health and Social Care Partners to secure external funding for its evaluation, has been honoured with a regional award in the NHS Parliamentary awards.

The Carer Support Nurse initiative, which received early facilitation by UEA Health and Social Care Partners to secure external funding for its evaluation, has been honoured with a regional award in the NHS Parliamentary awards.

Led by Morag Farquhar, Professor of Palliative Care Research at UEA, the initial pilot research project has seen the team collaborate regionally with carers, patients, health and social care professionals, voluntary organisations, and national leaders in carer support to develop the dedicated Carer Support Nurse role. This role aims to assist carers who have their own needs or require additional support beyond their regular healthcare team.