Have I read this right?

A practice nurse is unable to be recruited to a GP surgery in Camden… so they are going to recruit a ‘higher level of personnel’… a PA

The absolute insult to nurses.

🤦🏽‍♂️

A quick question…

Why are there no minimum training standards for long term condition management in general practice?

Seems incredulous when you say it out loud, doesn’t it?

#teamgp #patientsafety

I’m just referring a patient I’ve seen to the local Talking Therapies service.

46 questions later…

NHS efficiencies at their finest. I just don’t have time for this in my clinics.

20 months post qualifying and I have been offered a job equivalent to top band 6 in general practice.
Blowing my own trumpet, I know. But am very proud of myself right now!
There’s lots of scope for progression in GP, that’s for sure! #teamgp

Interesting read.

I have a level 7 PgCert in a specialist area of care - practice nursing.

I bet it won’t cut the mustard for ARRS funding though…

📢Calling all #GeneralPracticeNurses . Your expertise is needed to enhance #HeartFailure care.

Share your insights in a short survey by British Society for Heart Failure #theFword and NHSE Nursing Directorate: gpnen.org.uk/2024/02/09/hea…

#GPNs #PracticeNurses louise brady RN 💙 💚 Angie Hack MA BSc RN DN QN RNT SFHEA RCN GPN Forum 💙

#nurses why you don't get a payrise, why you don't get invited to the table, why your work is not valued, why you are not seen as healthcare leaders......
#ValueNursing

Salaried GPs have a standard rate of remuneration upheld by the BMA and DDRB.

Serious question: how do we organise board recommendations and standard contracts for GPNs? How do we make this happen? Not just talk about, but seriously make headway to put this in place?

#onlyinnursing can you hand your work colleague a pot of fetid stool, and they receive it entirely unfazed. Often examining it more closely than is entirely necessary.

The QNI has called for ‘clear guidance’ on the ‘scope and limits’ of nursing associates amid reports of those in post running independent clinics in general practice. The Queen's Nursing Institute bit.ly/3HP0NPB

‘Often, as GPNs we just “get on with it” under the guise of helping our patients. If we’re running late in clinics, we often blame ourselves,' says GPN Lee Collins bit.ly/3OobKeU

Caption this photo.

#teamgp
#whereisthestethescope

Although it may be too early to answer these questions. How is this likely to affect existing GPNs employed by practices?

Will they be sacked and then re-hired by the PCN? Will they leave their jobs in droves and seek employment in a big merry-go-round?

Time will tell.

BREAKING: General practice nurses to be added to ARRS bit.ly/3SMefKE

We need the same set of standards and standardisation of scope of practice, the waters are muddy, let’s make them clear #nursingassociates

‘Exhausting and unfair’: Three-quarters of GPNs work unpaid overtime bit.ly/3u9ocs1

John Launer The BMJ I love this! I try to emphasise to people that heart failure means a whole range of things.

The French use the term “insufficance cardiaque” which feels a bit kinder to me?

I tell people this, that some have a mild “insufficiency” and others have worse heart muscle weakness.

Coming soon…… A fair balanced view of the Nursing Associate #nursingassociates