Nurses in General Practice

The General Practice Foundation (GPF) nurse leads are concerned over the inconsistent standards of nursing currently provided in general practice across the UK.

The GPF has produced the General Practice Nursing Standards which aim to improve standards of patient care by empowering general practice nurses (GPNs) to experience excellent employment practice and high job satisfaction, have access to appropriate training and education and to ensure the successful recruitment and retention of the general practice nursing workforce.

The standards cover clinical, professional and employment practice for nurses and healthcare assistants working at all levels in general practice. They have been mapped against existing regulatory standards and those promoted by the NHS and professional organisations, in an attempt to achieve consensus on which standards

should be ‘good, better and best’ and are intended to be used as a benchmark by employers, GPNs, commissioning groups and primary care organisations.