Specialist Community Public Health Nurse: Family Health Nurse

A Specialist Community Public Health Nurse: Family Health Nurse is a CARE PROFESSIONAL.

Since 2001 the World Health Organisation Health Organisation Europe's Family Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Family Health Nurse role has been developing in remote and rural areas of Scotland.

In 2003, an independent evaluation identified a need for facilitation of the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse - Family Health Nurse role and family-health orientated approaches with local primary health care teams. The Scottish Executive Health Department appointed three part-time, regionally-based Family Health Practice Development Facilitators (FHPDFs) in December 2003 to work over an 18-month period. The Scottish government are currently exploring the possibility of rolling out the model across Scotland.