Skip Ribbon Commands
Skip to main content
Menu

Community Nursing in the Southeast

Community Nurses

SingHealth Regional Health System (SouthEast) introduced Community Nursing Programme in February 2018 with the aim to anchor population health and bring person-centred healthcare beyond hospital walls. 

The team provides the fully subsidized, accessible healthcare services through nursing consults at Community Health Posts, extensive community outreach efforts, capability building & partnerships. Since July 2023, the community nursing team has evolved as part of the Place-based Care Teams (also known as Healthier SG Teams) that comprise of community nurses, wellbeing coordinators, and care coordinators.  

The team provides the following services for residents of various health segmentation:


Pre-frail

Frail/ requiring assistance in managing chronic conditions

  • Community Health Talk
  • Health Screening and coaching 
  • Community Falls Prevention Programme 
  • Individual and group health interventions: smoking cessation, weight management, general Advance care planning 

  • Health and geriatric assessment
  • Health coaching for disease prevention
  • Chronic disease monitoring and self-management education
  • Medication consolidation, self-management support and education
  • Case management and coordination
  • Social prescription
  • Caregiver training and support
  • Advance care planning/ Preferred plan of care

​Requiring complex care 

​Very frail/ requiring supportive and palliative care 

  • Home-based Community Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (COPAT)
  • Generalist Palliative Care in the community 


Tags:

 
 ;  ;   ;   ;   ;  ;   ;   ;   ;   ;   ;   ;   ;   ;  

Publications

Read up publications on community nursing by our researchers.

Read More

Recent News & Events

Read More

Community Health Posts

Access to SGH Healthier SG team at Community Health Posts is open to:

  • Singapore citizens or permanent residents; and
  • Residing within the 7 precincts of Southeast region: Bukit Merah, Chinatown, Kallang/ Kampong Glam, Rochor, Telok Blangah, Tiong Bahru, and Katong.
 

Location of Community Health Posts

You can scan the QR code below to view a map of Community Health Posts:

SGH_LocationOfCommunityHealthPosts.png

Or view the map of Community Health Posts online on your web browser.

View the list of Community Health Posts operating hours.

 

Download the SingHealth Healthier SG brochure

English

HealthierSG_brochure.PNG

Malay

HealthierSG_brochure.PNG

Chinese

Tamil

 

Referrals

Medical professionals and social service partners can refer their patients or clients who need community health post services by completing the harmonised SingHealth Cluster e-Referral form:


You can also scan the QR code below: 
QR Code.jpg

 

For enquiries, please contact us at:

SGH Community Nursing
Tel:  9771 8842 

SGH Healthier SG
Tel:  9651 3786
Email:      se.hsg.teams@sgh.com.sg


Mondays to Fridays, 8am – 5pm (excluding Public Holidays)