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CHC Nurses Agency Network: Community, Training & Support for CHC Agency Nurses
A UK-Wide Network for Continuing Healthcare Nurses
The CHC Nurses Agency Network is a dedicated UK community for Continuing Healthcare (CHC) agency nurses, providing specialist training, peer support, and professional networking opportunities.
Created by nurses for nurses, our network helps you navigate the realities of CHC work, build your confidence with complex assessments, and connect with colleagues who truly understand your daily professional challenges.
What Is the CHC Nurses Agency Network?
The CHC Nurses Agency Network is a safe, friendly space where CHC and community nurses can relax, share experiences, and develop their careers in Continuing Healthcare.
Only another nurse really understands the pressure, responsibility, and emotional toll of nursing, which is why our network is built around mutual support, confidentiality, and respect.
- A core network of around 500 CHC agency nursing professionals across the UK.
- Invite-only social media groups for confidential discussion and peer support.
- Regular online and in-person events focused on CHC practice, wellbeing, and networking.
- A growing community where many nurses become long-term friends and professional allies.
We welcome new members into our private CHC groups and events, helping you feel less isolated and more supported in your agency role.
Professional Development & CHC Training for Agency Nurses
Specialist Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Training
Deepen Your Knowledge of CHC Assessments & Funding
Our network gives you access to Continuing Healthcare training resources, webinars, and peer-led sessions designed specifically for agency nurses.
We focus on CHC eligibility criteria, Decision Support Tool (DST) completion, care planning, documentation, and funding processes, so you can approach assessments with confidence and clarity.
Through our events and shared learning, you can:
- Improve your understanding of CHC National Framework guidance.
- Build practical skills for robust CHC assessments and reviews.
- Reduce anxiety around complex CHC decision-making and panel outcomes.
- Stay updated on policy changes and best practice in Continuing Healthcare.
Care Planning & Assessment Skills for CHC Nurses
High-quality care planning and assessment are at the heart of safe, effective CHC practice.
Within the CHC Nurses Agency Network, nurses share templates, examples, and practical tips to help you complete comprehensive holistic assessments, write clear rationales, and produce person-centred CHC care plans that stand up to scrutiny.
Support for Agency Nurses Working Across Settings
Inspection Readiness & CQC-Aware Practice
Agency nurses frequently work in services regulated by the CQC, and our community helps you stay aligned with safe, effective, caring, responsive, and well-led practice.
Through shared experiences and resources, we discuss documentation standards, risk management, safeguarding, and quality improvement, supporting you to deliver care that meets CQC expectations wherever you are placed.
Supporting Safe Transitions of Care
CHC nurses often play a vital role in supporting transitions between hospital, community, and long-term care settings.
Our network discusses real-world scenarios around discharge planning, step-down care, community packages, and handovers, helping you apply best practice principles and advocate effectively for patients and families.
CHC, Learning Disabilities & Community Care
Person-Centred LD Care & Support Planning
Supporting People with Learning Disabilities in CHC
Many CHC nurses in our network work with individuals who have learning disabilities (LD), autism, and complex needs in community and supported living settings.
Through shared learning, we explore person-centred planning, communication strategies, risk enablement, behaviour support, and safeguarding, helping you deliver care that promotes dignity, independence, and quality of life.
Community Deprivation of Liberty (DoL) & Legal Awareness
Understanding Community DoL, CHC & Funding Interfaces
Our network offers informal peer support around Deprivation of Liberty (DoLS) / community DoL, Mental Capacity Act, and CHC funding intersections.
While we do not provide legal advice, nurses share practical insight on documentation, capacity assessments, best interest decisions, and how to work effectively with local authorities, ICBs, and legal teams.
Peer-Based Case Discussion & Ongoing Support
Case Discussion & Reflective Practice
Person-Centred Case Reflection (Confidential & Peer-Led)
Within our confidential invite-only groups, CHC nurses can talk through challenging cases in a non-judgemental, anonymised and supportive way with colleagues who understand the system.
This peer reflection helps you consider risk, ethics, capacity, consent, safeguarding, escalation, and documentation, strengthening your professional judgement over time.
Staying Safe, Compliant & Professionally Confident
The CHC Nurses Agency Network supports you in maintaining high standards of professional practice, aligned with the NMC Code and local policies.
Members regularly exchange insights on record-keeping, incident reporting, boundaries, lone working, and clinical decision-making, helping you feel safer and more confident in your agency roles.
Events, Networking & Community Connection
Regular CHC Events & Meet-Ups
Building Real Connections with CHC Nurses
We run regular online sessions, informal meet-ups, and CHC-focused events to bring our community together.
These sessions cover CHC practice updates, case discussions, wellbeing topics, and networking opportunities, helping you expand your professional contacts and feel part of a supportive CHC community.
Staying Updated on CHC Policy & Best Practice
Nurses within the network openly share policy updates, ICB guidance, CHC National Framework changes, and new tools that affect day-to-day practice.
By engaging with peers across the UK, you stay ahead of CHC developments and gain practical ideas to improve your own assessments, reports, and care coordination.
Why Join the CHC Nurses Agency Network?
A Safe Space for CHC Agency Nurses
Support from People Who Truly Understand
All nurses in our network understand the pressure, isolation, and responsibility that often come with agency CHC work.
You gain access to a genuine peer community where you can ask questions, share frustrations, celebrate successes, and know that others “get it” without judgement.
Professional Growth & Career Development
Grow Your CHC Skills, Confidence & Opportunities
By joining the CHC Nurses Agency Network, you can develop your CHC expertise, expand your professional network, and explore new career opportunities within Continuing Healthcare and community nursing.
Many members build lasting friendships and professional partnerships that support them through new contracts, complex roles, and career transitions.
How the CHC Nurses Agency Network Works
- Join our invite-only social media groups for CHC nurses.
- Take part in 24-7-365 peer conversation on professional topics and real-world challenges.
- Attend regular online and in-person events focused on CHC practice and wellbeing.
- Share and access resources, templates, tips, and updates from experienced CHC professionals.
- Build genuine friendships and long-term professional contacts in the CHC field.
Join the CHC Nurses Agency Network
If you are a CHC agency nurse or a nurse working in Continuing Healthcare, community care, or complex care settings, we invite you to join our network.
For more information on membership, events, and how to access our private groups, please visit our website or contact us directly.
Become part of a supportive, knowledgeable, and active CHC nursing community that helps make your professional life easier, more connected, and more rewarding.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- What is the CHC Nurses Agency Network? The CHC Nurses Agency Network is a UK-wide community of Continuing Healthcare (CHC) agency nurses offering peer support, networking, and professional development.
- Who can join the CHC Nurses Agency Network? The network is open to nurses working in CHC, community, complex care, and related roles, particularly those employed as agency or bank staff.
- Is there a cost to join the CHC Nurses Agency Network? Membership details, including any fees, are provided when you contact us or visit our website to register your interest.
- How do I access the private social media groups? Once your membership is confirmed, you will receive confidential invitations and links to our private, invite-only social media groups.
- What kind of support can I expect from the network? You can expect peer-to-peer support, shared resources, case discussions, CHC insights, and a safe space to talk about professional issues.
- Does the network provide formal CHC training courses? We focus on peer learning, events, and shared resources, and may signpost you to external or partner CHC training opportunities where appropriate.
- Are discussions in the groups confidential? Yes, our groups are invite-only, and members are expected to maintain confidentiality and follow professional and ethical standards at all times.
- Do you organise in-person events as well as online sessions? Yes, we host a mix of online events and, where possible, in-person meet-ups and networking sessions for CHC nurses.
- Can student nurses or newly qualified nurses join? Newly qualified and less experienced nurses with an interest in CHC are welcome, provided they are working in or moving into relevant roles.
- How do I join the CHC Nurses Agency Network? To join, simply visit our website or contact us directly and we will guide you through the quick membership and group access process.
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