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Us The District Nurses, formerly known as Hobart District Nursing Service Incorporated, is an autonomous "not for profit" organisation. We provide general and specialist nursing care, personal care and home help to individuals and their families in their own home and in the community. A Message from the Chief Executive Officer The Hobart District Nursing Service is one of Hobart's oldest and best-loved philanthropic organisations. On 14th December 1896, the wife of the Governor of Tasmania convened a public meeting to consider the question of district nurse of Hobart. The Hobart District Nurses Association was formed at this meeting. The Association grew out of the Amateur Nursing Band of the Young Women's Association, formed in 1892 by the wife of the Governor. The Hobart District Nurses Association was founded at a time when there was increasing concern about the public health, when women were becoming more active publicly, and when nursing was beginning to be accepted as a profession. The Tasmanian health system has undergone considerable change since that time, and this has had an impact on the structure and administration of the Hobart District Nursing Service. The concept of district nursing, too, has expanded and developed. It is now more often seen as community health, an integral part of the total health care delivery system. This is reflected in the present aims of the Hobart District Nursing service, to maintain people of all ages in their own homes where possible, preventing unnecessary admission to hospital and nursing homes, to provide support and advice in the areas of heath promotion, health education, community development and general wellbeing, and to provide quality nursing care. It may be a multi million dollar business, employing nearly seventy people, but has not forgotten its origins. Our nursing staff work as professionals in collaboration with other health care workers. The District Nurses remain committed to care, committed to the principles of primary health care for all and committed to improvement of service through evidence-based best practice. Kim Macgowan Chief Executive Officer
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Report 2007/08 Annual Report 0607 Annual Report 0506 Strategic Plan 2005-2008 Strategic Plan (small version)
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