Table 1.

Interventions and referrals initiated by receiving the new service

InterventionNumber of patients
Advice
 Medication support/advice75
 Incontinence assessment1
 Continence advice3
Referral
 General practitioner66
 Pharmacist15
 Rapid response community nursing service8
 Mental health nurse18
 Geriatrician7
 Equipment28
 Social services3
 District nurse1
 Foot health1
 Heart failure nurse1
 Physiotherapy3
 Occupational therapy2
 Falls team3
 Respiratory nurse1
No advice/referral74