District nurses are the real heroes of the NHS, but they are under total siege

District nurses are the real heroes of the NHS, but they are under total siege  Anyone who thinks the front line of our healthcare lies in hospital wards or GP’s surgeries should spend a day with a district nurse. Looking after people in their own homes, they are the Cinderellas of the system. And yet many people do not even know they exist and new reports show that their work is at breaking point due to unmanageable caseloads, a growing gap between capacity and demand. The Daily Telegraph