The nurse leaders behind a regional general practice nurse (GPN) school have said they are continuing to have high level conversations around the need for a national programme to support new nurses into general practice. The GPN Foundation School in Staffordshire launched in 2023 to help standardise training and move away from a ‘pick and... Read more The post Conversations on developing national GPN school ongoing appeared first on Nursing in Practice.| Nursing in Practice
Nurses working in Northern Ireland’s NHS are to be formally balloted on strike action over an ongoing row on pay. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) warned strike action appeared to be the ‘only option left open’ to the union as its members in Northern Ireland continued to go without a 3.6% pay award recommended... Read more The post Nurse strike action ‘imminent’ in Northern Ireland appeared first on Nursing in Practice.| Nursing in Practice
A new report has spotlighted the leading role of nurses in women’s health and contraceptive care within general practice. The Power of Practice Nurses report – based on an exclusive Nursing in Practice survey of more than 600 GP nursing staff – revealed that more than three-quarters (78%) of practice nurses carry out cervical screenings... Read more The post GPNs playing leading role in women’s health and contraceptive care, report finds appeared first on Nursing in Practice.| Nursing in Practice