Best Practice in Nursing Newspaper Issue 1 | Page 19

A major review commissioned by
Health Education England has outlined
a number of key recommendations for
the primary care workforce. The Primary
Care Workforce Commission, chaired by
Professor Martin Rowland*, has called
for community nursing services and GP
out-of-hours care to require bidders to
“demonstrate that they have the ability
to integrate well with other primary care
providers”.
“This will encourage contracts to be held
by organisations representing primary
care providers, for example, federations of
GP practices, multi-speciality community
providers or primary