Nursing in Practice launches campaign championing the value of nurses in general practice
Nursing in Practice has launched the campaign How Nurses Count to highlight the role of the nurse in general practice.
This will champion the nurse role, highlighting nurses’ clinical expertise, their impact as part of the general practice team, and their unique relationship and influence with patients.
The timing for the How Nurses Count campaign is crucial, with a range of opportunities for nurses having been outlined in the government’s new 10 Year Health Plan for England which promises fundamental change for the NHS.
We know that nurses are leading in general practice in areas like long term conditions, women’s health, and immunisation and vaccination, which is all important for the government’s three shifts – from hospital to community, sickness to prevention and analogue to digital.
Nursing in Practice has recently reported on how nurses may be leading in the new neighbourhood health services, and that there is a planned expansion of advanced practice roles, proving how much nurses count in the primary care workforce.
What will the campaign achieve?
The work of nurses in general practice must be better valued and recognised. How Nurses Count will showcase just how nurses in general practice make a difference.
It will run for the rest of the year, with clinical case study articles, thought leadership pieces and analysis, all published as more details of the nursing role in the 10 year health plan unfolds.
The Nursing in Practice team will be asking nurses in general practice ‘How do they count?’and will look to nursing organisations and representatives of other healthcare professions for their views on exactly how the nursing role should develop.
The campaign has already begun with a survey with responses from hundreds of nurses examining key aspects of their role and will also include a How do you count? week on social media, followed by a roundtable discussing this in detail.
To conclude How Nurses Count, a report outlining key findings will be taken to government for a response.
The Nursing in Practice campaign has been welcomed by leading nursing bodies.
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