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<p>As set out in the Secretary of State’s recent ‘Prevention is better than cure’
vision paper, community health services are key to delivering effective preventative
care.</p><p> </p><p>Community health services are physical health services delivered
outside of acute hospitals usually in patients’ homes, clinics, community hospitals,
schools and care homes. They are delivered by a range of health professionals including
nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. They deliver care through all
stages of people’s lives. This ranges from health visitors keeping children under
five healthy, physiotherapists helping patients regain movement and function, to nurses
managing patients over 65 with co-morbidities to enable them to be treated as close
to home as possible. They can improve people’s mental and physical health simultaneously
by providing treatment based around outcomes important to individuals.</p><p> </p><p>Community
health services deliver a broad range of preventative interventions including activities
to prevent falls; to manage long term conditions such as diabetes to prevent complications
such as blindness and amputations; and to help with weight management.</p>
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