🩺 Empowering Social Care Nurses: A Welcome Step Forward

The Government’s new pilot scheme will fund training for adult social care nurses to prescribe medicines—a move set to transform how care is delivered in community and care home settings across England. This move is part of the Governments 10 year plan for the NHS and healthcare.

At CLC, we strongly support this initiative.

🔹 It’s a practical solution to free up NHS capacity
🔹 It gives social care nurses the autonomy to manage infections, cardiovascular conditions, and end-of-life care
🔹 It helps ensure faster, safer discharges and continuity of care at home
🔹 And it recognises the skill, knowledge, and potential within our social care nursing workforce

“This is more than a pilot—it’s a signal that social care is not an afterthought, but a critical part of an integrated health system.”
— Corinne Ellison, Clinical Operations Specialist

We know from experience that when social care nurses are trusted, trained, and enabled, outcomes improve—for patients, for professionals, and for the system.

At CLC, we work alongside providers to embed clinical leadership, support professional development, and raise the profile of nurses leading care in social settings.

Let’s build on this.

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