Rank | Professional or Service | n | % |
---|---|---|---|
1 | District Nurse | 84 | 94.4 |
2 | Optician | 81 | 91.0 |
3 | Community Psychiatric Nurse | 78 | 87.6 |
4 | Chiropody, Podiatry | 73 | 82.0 |
5 | Continence service | 66 | 74.2 |
 | Pharmacist | 66 | 74.2 |
7 | Dentist | 65 | 73.0 |
8 | Physiotherapist | 63 | 70.8 |
9 | Occupational therapist | 59 | 66.3 |
10 | Speech and Language therapist | 58 | 65.2 |
 | Old age psychiatrist | 58 | 65.2 |
12 | Dietician | 53 | 59.6 |
13 | Hearing services | 51 | 57.3 |
14 | Practice nurse | 45 | 50.6 |
15 | Specialist nurse, e.g. older people, diabetes | 42 | 47.2 |
16 | Macmillan nurse | 39 | 43.8 |
17 | Falls, exercise coordinator | 35 | 39.3 |
18 | Consultant geriatrician | 33 | 37.1 |
19 | Intermediate care team | 30 | 33.7 |
20 | Clinical psychologist | 25 | 28.1 |
21 | Community matron | 25 | 28.1 |
22 | Hospice team | 22 | 24.7 |
23 | Care home support team | 18 | 20.2 |
24 | Marie Curie nurse | 12 | 13.5 |
25 | Health visitor | 9 | 10.1 |
26 | Admirals nurse | 4 | 4.5 |
27 | Other | 4 | 4.5 |
Homes using any palliative service (Macmillan, Marie Curie, or Hospice team) | 43 | 48.3 |