Whether it will enable geriatric nurses' duties to be split between geriatric nursing and other nursing areas with a view to boosting recru…

There is no barrier to nursing jobs being designed in this way, provided that each nurse is appropriately skilled for a split role.Older people are not only nursed in specialist "geriatric" units, but are important users of services across the NHS. Whatever the setting, the older person and their carers should receive nursing services based on their individual assessed needs. Such assessment will ensure that services are co-ordinated, and delivered across settings and specialities with which the person comes into contact. It is for NHS Trusts to decide how to structure their nursing posts taking account of local circumstances.