Nurse skills underused in practices Practice nurses can increase efficiency, given the opportunity. Seeta Bhardwa explores the ...
Scrapping the practice nurse lead role would be costly and 'short-sighted' The demise of the practice nurse lead or adviser role in England would be 'costly and ...
The future of general practice With general practice facing a crisis, what measures can practice nurses take to improve it, writes ...
Challenging the status quo Nurse-led practices have proved to be successful so why are they not more widespread, asks Seeta ...
When will change result from all the practice nursing data? Data collection in practice nursing is key, but surely it needs to amount to something, writes ...
New voluntary standards of education and practice developed for GPNs The new standards, published by the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) have been designed to provide a ...
News focus: A new dawn for practice nursing? A new plan aims to address a predicted shortage of nurses in general practice
Primary care funding slipping General practice funding has declined despite increased workloads. Seeta Bhardwa looks at how ...
Changes to the way GP services are funded could threaten rural practices Changes to funding in GP practices could threaten the future of at least 98 GP practices, GP ...
£15million investment for practice nurses NHS England will create a general practice nurse development strategy as part of its wider plan to ...
Shortchanged in primary care Seeta Bhardwa discusses how not being on Agenda for Change is leaving practice nurses out of pocket
Practice nursing training needs to be taken more seriously It isn't clear that all general practices are taking training for practice nurses seriously, say ...
Inadequate GP practices typically employed less practice nurses General practices rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) typically demonstrated a ...
Student practice nurse placements must increase to avoid crisis Without a large increase in the number of student nurses encouraged to work in practice settings, ...
Manchester GP practices increase practice nurse appointments by 52,000 Patients in Manchester can now book GP appointments seven days a week due to an innovative service ...
CQC chief inspector praises general practice NHS staff should be proud of the standard of care offered in the vast majority of general practices ...
General practice under pressure A report warns that general practice must adapt or buckle under the weight of demand, writes Chris ...
Practice nurses take on more consultations in primary care Practice nurse consultations are increasing, statistics by the Clinical Practice Research Datalink ...
The 'value of practice nurses' needs to be spread Collaboration and speaking up about the value of practice nursing was the key theme of a networking ...
Serious lack of practice nurses in leadership roles finds QNI Just 1.6% of practice nurses are nurse partners in a GP practice according to research from the ...
Serious lack of practice nurses in leadership roles finds QNI research Just 1.6% of practice nurses are nurse partners in a GP practice according to new research from the ...
Improving communication Relationships between practice and community nurses can vary in quality. Seeta Bhardwa explores why.
Phase one of GP Forward View announced The first steps in implementing NHS England's General Practice Forward View have been released
Increasing training for nurses can help general practice reach 'full potential' Expanding multi-disciplinary teams, including community nurses, which collaborate better with the ...
Community: the fifth field? Practice nursing is one of the only nursing groups without a clear route into the profession.