Improving health outcomes for people with learning disabilities

A project led by Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust aimed to address this by increasing the number of annual health checks carried out with people with a learning disability over 12 weeks. The...

A wish list for the new health secretary

‘Practice Nursing provides nurses working in general practice with the tools to reach their full potential and deliver the best possible care to their patients. Our monthly journal informs and...

Make your voice heard on standards of specialist practice

How will you celebrate International Nurses' Day?

‘Practice Nursing provides nurses working in general practice with the tools to reach their full potential and deliver the best possible care to their patients. Our monthly journal informs and...

Placements and portfolios: enhancing performance through experience and reflection

Despite the continued prevalence of the theory–practice gap (Aimei, 2015), there are a number of ways in which nurses and educationalists can work collaboratively to reduce this gap; one being the...

What is lifestyle medicine and how can it help our patients?

Most clinical guidelines for managing long-term conditions, both physical and mental, suggest addressing lifestyle/modifiable factors as the first step of treatment. But in practice, this is often...

CARE: a new approach to change in primary care

CARE (Connected, Authentic, Resilient & Empowered) was developed in order to address these three issues. A practical, person-centred and locally owned change management, leadership and resilience...

The power of practice nursing to galvanise the system

The integral role of BAME nurses in primary care

I knew I wanted to become a practice nurse from my first year of nursing studies. I loved the idea of building therapeutic relationships with patients and their families, as I know familiarity...

Reviewing general practice nurse pay, terms and conditions

Anecdotal evidence from students wanting to work in general practice points to GPNs being viewed as lower skilled, with nurses making the move to have a quieter job role, with more social hours..

Understanding safety-netting in remote consulting

Safety-netting advice is given to patients to prepare them for the possibility that their symptoms and signs may worsen or not resolve as expected, and to help them identify those symptoms and signs...

How to communicate effectively while wearing face masks

Communication can be defined as transaction and message creation. The process of communication occurs in the context consisting of physical space, cultural and social values, and psychological...