But the move has provoked anger from nursing representatives who warnthat it will see adults prioritised over children.
Under the plans, the roles of district nurses, who work mainly withadults, and public health nurses, who focus more on children, familiesand early intervention, will be combined in a new community nursingrole.
Campaigners had hoped that draft proposals for nurses to take on therole by 2011 would be dropped (Children Now, 3-9 August). However, the"most significant reform of the nursing profession for a generation" wasunveiled in Visible, Accessible and Integrated Care: The Report of theReview of Nursing in the Community in Scotland last week.
Health minister Andy Kerr said the review had left him "in no doubt"that the model was "the right way ahead for community nursing servicesin Scotland".
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