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Practice nursing counts in this election
As the UK prepares to head to the polls for the third general election in less than 5 years, the NHS has become a bargaining chip once again, with the political parties setting out their plans to an electorate with political fatigue. Headlines about our beloved NHS always have the capability to stir up voters, and the major political parties all have something to say about healthcare. In no particular order we've had promises of 50 000 more nurses and 50 million more GP surgery appointments a year, greater funding for close to home health services, training more GPs and making greater appropriate use of nurses, physios and pharmacists, and various promises to reinstate the nursing bursary in one form or another. Whether all of these plans are credible—or whether they'd have the desired effect—is not something to address here, but one thing that stands out in this election is that nursing is firmly on the agenda, and for once so is primary care.
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