North East and Yorkshire

The Older Persons Team is a small and very skilled community nursing team in Sunderland who work into our Older Persons Care Homes and Nursing Homes. Their goal is to support our most vulnerable members of the population, and those who provide their 24 hour care, in the provision high quality, safe care.  Key to the team’s success is that they have led on the rolling out of digital monitoring technology which supports residents to stay in their preferred place of care and prevent unnecessary hospital admission.

Nominated by: Julie Elliott MP