Clinics GRP Nursing pathway
Dignified nursing assessment and support for bladder or bowel concerns, related skin risks, routines, products and care-team communication, with referral onward when specialist or medical review is needed.
Care can occur inClinic, inHome, inCommunity or inCare, subject to referral information, clinical fit, location or facility arrangements, equipment, accepted scope and nurse availability. Digital supports access and coordination rather than universal online treatment. This is not an emergency or 24-hour response service.
Who it may suit
What nursing can include
The first visit confirms what can be safely delivered, what needs monitoring and who must be informed if the clinical picture changes.
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Discuss the concern respectfully, including onset, pattern, current products, routines and relevant medical context.
Review skin integrity, practical risks and any signs that require prompt medical assessment.
Agree the nursing support plan, monitoring, communication and referral pathway.
Expected review points
Scope and boundaries
Call Triple Zero (000) for a life-threatening situation. Sudden or severe deterioration, heavy bleeding, acute obstruction, chest pain, severe breathlessness or new stroke-like symptoms require urgent medical assessment rather than a routine website enquiry.
Nurse allocation
Intake confirms the registration, competence and authorised scope required before allocating a nurse.
Communication
With consent, relevant findings and escalation can be communicated to family, GPs, hospitals, providers and other clinicians.
Funding and access
If eligible nursing is included in an approved Support at Home plan, a 0% participant contribution applies to that clinical service. The service still uses available programme funding and remains subject to the service agreement, registered-provider arrangements and accepted nursing scope.
Assessment-led nursing support for acute and chronic wounds, skin tears, pressure injuries and postoperative wound needs, with documented review and escalation when the clinical picture changes.
View pathwayTime-limited nursing follow-up after hospital, illness or surgery, connected with rehabilitation when wounds, medicines, monitoring, mobility or confidence need coordinated attention.
View pathwayNursing support for authorised medication administration, adherence, injections and clinically indicated observations, with communication to the relevant GP, pharmacist or provider.
View pathwayWHO's current older-person care pathway includes urinary incontinence within person-centred assessment and care planning. Clinics GRP should retain its boundary that this is general nursing support unless a suitably credentialled continence specialist is allocated.
Clinical sources
How to read this evidence
Evidence guides care but does not establish that a service is suitable for every person or guarantee an outcome. Assessment, goals, health conditions, functional capacity, consent and identified risks shape individual care.
Reviewed by: Clinics GRP Clinical Review Team, Clinical review and governance
Last reviewed: 2026-08-15
Yes. A nurse can review the concern, current routines, skin integrity and practical support needs, then identify whether GP or specialist assessment is also required.
The pathway provides general nursing assessment and support. Clinics GRP will only use a specialist title when the allocated clinician holds an objectively supportable credential.
Yes, subject to the referral, consent, clinical fit and provider agreement. Reporting and communication requirements should be agreed before care starts.
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