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CLINICAL The state of practice nursing We urgently need a national Strategies for dealing with Nurses ’ role in managing two years into the pandemic nursing workforce plan angry patients gestational diabetes
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NEWS VIEWS
PROFESSIONAL
CLINICAL More than one in five NHS ‘ Never trust a skinny chef ’: one Meet the Practice Nurse Proposed changes to the nurses looking to quit nurse ’ s inspiration to get fit of the Year child immunisation schedule
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UNDER PRESSURE
Nurses ’ mental health in danger
as Covid-19 crisis continues
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We have lost members of our team and are unable to recruit We are understaffed
and have been unsuccessful in recruiting ; the chronic disease
burden is enormous I have had enough We are always excluded and so feel undervalued I have been in the nursing profession for over 30 years . Pressure and lack of capacity makes every day incredibly
demanding and stressful I could retire this October and until the latter part of last
year I hadn ’ t really given it serious thought but am considering it now . We really are
than 20 years and things seems to be getting worse for nurses . There is no
respect and no appreciation . GPs gets support and respect . But not
us The patients are often very rude , demanding and
abusive . Job satisfaction is minimal , leading
to stress overload and burnout I ’ ve had enough .
I ’ m burnt out , stressed and exhausted Just feel overworked and
undervalued and have reached burnout I ’ m not considering leaving but there are many
days where I have felt like walking out – but then worked through it I see primary care
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just exhausted and feel that we are not appreciated by the public . It has been a
like a ceiling , no matter how hard you work , there ’ s hardly room for making partnership
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real uphill struggle to keep going Tired and demoralised , underpaid and not valued
as a nurse No longer the role I started 21 years ago . Unsafe environment now . Expectations
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BATTLING AGAINST THE ODDS
Nurses struggle to plan for an unprecedented autumn and winter
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I feel significantly undervalued . I have been at the same surgery for over 26 years
are unrealistic and dangerous Time for a change I ’ m tired Fed up of poor pay , lack
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UNDERVALUED
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Practice nurses reveal how the pandemic has compounded the problems of workload and morale
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THE SCHEME SHAKING UP NURSING
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2018 Nursing in Practice marks its 100th printed edition . Two letters to then health secretary Jeremy Hunt from readers raise concerns about the number of nurses retiring ‘ at the earliest opportunity ’ and the future of the NHS |
2020 Covid has a severe impact on general practice and the community . Nurses discuss the challenges of using video consultations . We look at the importance of breast cancer screening during the pandemic , after a large drop in the number of women being referred |
2021 GPNs responding to our survey call for standardised pay and terms to match that of NHS colleagues on Agenda for Change contracts . We find over one-third still get no sick pay , and more than half have no provision for maternity pay in their contracts |
2022 With workload at an all-time high , we find only a third of nurses in general practice are not considering leaving their jobs in the next year , with exhaustion , pay and conditions cited as ongoing concerns . Nurses also say staff shortages are impacting workload and care quality |
2023 We investigate the impact of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme , which has brought thousands of new colleagues into general practice , leading to concerns over a potential dilution of the GPN role |