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The NHS is multi-faceted and ever-evolving. Find out what key opinion leaders, nurses and politicians think of the latest changes in the health service and how it impacts primary care nurses.

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Nurse pay freeze is a short-term fix

Will the recent announcement that public sector pay is to be capped at 1% affect nurses working in primary care?

Community nursing crucial to good care

Jane Cummings, chief nursing officer at NHS England, discusses the importance of community nursing and health visiting.

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Speaking up for quality

The Health Foundation has been asked by the Department of Health to review indicators of the quality of general practice in England, and they will be exploring how these multiple measures might be developed to support improvements in patient care.

Just one piece of the puzzle

In a speech on 16 July at the King's Fund, health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced his intention to impose seven-day working on hospital consultants in September, should negotiations with the BMA fail.

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Not invisible, just overlooked

ANPs are not invisible in practice, nor are we invisible to patients accustomed to interacting and consulting with nurses.

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NHS must evolve for an ageing population

For the first time in UK history, the population of people over 65 is greater than that of those under 16. This is a cause for celebration: more of us are living longer lives. However, with this new demographic profile, policy changes are urgently required.

Challenging health consumerism

Nurses could learn a lot from Lucozade, writes Heather Henry. As patients have become more like consumers of health, perhaps a different nursing approach is needed?

Updating district nursing standards

The current NMC standards for specialist practice in district nursing, which lead to a recordable qualification in district nursing and other community specialist qualifications, were published in 1994.

Taking diabetes seriously

Making excellent diabetes care an integral part of general practice is something all primary care staff should take responsibility for, writes Lynne Priest.

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Looking out not in: educating the public

The rise in patient numbers seen by general practice is well documented and it is accepted that demand will rise further.

ANPs are a 'perfect fit'

We may be invisible as advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs) in general practice but I would argue that this is because we fit seamlessly into this clinical area and many others.

Let's make some noise about blood pressure

High blood pressure is a major risk factor for strokes, heart attacks, heart failure, chronic kidney disease and dementia.

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A bright future for community care

We know our health service needs to change, says Crystal Oldman.

Healthy children are the country’s future

Last week I came across an article about Ealing Council proposing to cut the budget for its already laughable school nurse (SN) service (23 staff for 50,000 children) by 50%.

Are advanced nurse practitioners invisible?

I have been an advanced nurse practitioner for over 20 years. After being in post for a while it dawned on me that the role was invisible.

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The future: better the devil you know?

So here we are, in post-election Britain. By now you have likely either got over the shock or the euphoria.

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Practice nursing in the limelight

The general practice nursing (GPN) service is in the headlines in the nursing world – for all the right reasons.

Inequality requires a shift in community nursing

I was skating on the surface of one community for about nine months before the residents trusted me enough to tell me what was really going on.

Improving district nursing for all

In 2014 the QNI published the landmark document 2020 Vision: Reassessing the future of district nursing.

Physician associates: help or hindrance?

Momentum is building around physician associates (PAs), although their role is not yet well known in UK primary care.

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Beyond the basics: how the role of nursing staff goes beyond the patient

The perception that the job of nursing staff is just to care for the patient is certainly incorrect. These days, professionals face greater pressure to do much more than this, from caring for and supporting family members, providing consultative advice to peers, through to driving best practice standards.

We are all responsible for our own safety

The early part of my career in hospital virus labs entailed working with viruses on the open bench because exhaust protective cabinets were not commonplace

More nurses, more services, better care

All eyes are on the GPs. A recent BMA survey has shown that, frustrated by workload and lack of time to spend with patients, a quarter of GPs are thinking of working part-time, one in 10 would like to move abroad and 34% are considering retiring in the next five years.

The nuances of end-of-life care

As nurses, we are all aware that when delivering information, it is often not what we say but the way we say it that matters.

Enabling health not fixing it

Nurse training and nursing per se has to fundamentally change, so that primary care nurses become enablers of health, not fixers when things go wrong, says Heather Henry.

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