Information & support for nurses during Covid-19

 

NHS England and NHS Improvement have produced a video - Remote Consultations in General Practice

 

Professional, Personal and Governance

ACCOUNTABILITY & DELEGATION

• RCN - Accountability and Delegation
• RCN - Accountability and Delegation. A guide for the nursing team
• NMC - The Code, Professional Standards of Practice and Behaviour for Nurses, Midwives and Nursing Associates
• NMC - Delegation and accountability. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION TO THE NMC CODE

APPRAISALS AND REVALIDATION

• NMC Revalidation. Your step-by-step guide through the process
• Wessex LMCs -  Appraisal and Revalidation Guidance for GPs and Nurses

CLINICAL SUPERVISION

• Health Education England - Clinical Supervision

COMPLAINTS

• NHSE - Complaining to NHS England
• Legislation.gov.uk - The Local Authority Social Services and National Health Service Complaints (England) Regulations 2009
• Healthwatch contacts can be found on our page Complaints
• MDDUS -  Essential guide to complaint handling in primary care
• Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
• Listen, support, respond: tips for handling complaints and concern
• BMA Guide on NHS Complaints (England only) 
• Healthwatch -  Help making a complaint
• NHSE-  How to complain to the NHS

DBS

• Wessex LMCs - DBS Frequently asked questions
• Wessex LMCS - Step by Step Process

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

• Mind Tools - contains material on stress management, project management, communication skills etc.
• BMA -  Burnout questionnaire
• RCN - Counselling Service
• HelpGuide -  HelpGuide is a nonprofit mental health and wellness website

INDEMNITY

• NHS Resolution -  Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice
• MDU - The Medical Defence Organisation
• MPS - Medical Protection
• MDDUS - UK Indemnity, Advise and Support
• NHS Resolution
• RCN - RCN indemnity scheme

NMC - (NURSING AND MIDWIFERY COUNCIL)

• NMC - Code of conduct
• NMC - Registration

RECRUITMENT AND EMPLOYMENT

• ACAS
• RCN -  Advice and support for RCN members. A useful website for all employment issues.
• GOV.UK - Solve a workplace dispute
• Wessex LMCs - Employment/HR links

Roles and Careers in General Practice

CAREERS IN HEALTH

• NHS - Working in Health
• NHS - Find your Career
• NHS Jobs
• NHS Employers
• NHSE Introducing the 6 Cs in Nursing. Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment

ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTICE

• GOV.UK - Apprenticeship Funding Bands
• Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) - Regulating health and care professionals
• RCGP - Membership
• The Pharmacists Defence Union (PDA)
• Royal College of Physicians - Faculty of Physician Associates
• The College of Podiatry
• GPN Fellowship Programme
• BSW Training Hub. Professional Groups
• Dorset Primary workforce Centre -  Paramedics in Primary Care.

GENERAL PRACTICE NURSE

• CQC - Practice Nurses
• RCN - Join the Royal College of Nursing
• QNI - The Queens Nursing Institute

HEALTHCARE ASSISTANTS

• RCN - Become a Healthcare Assistant or AP

NURSING ASSOCIATES

• NMC - What is a nursing associates
• NMC - Standards of proficiency for nursing associates

Clinical and Training

CERVICAL CYTOLOGY

• NHSE -  A checklist for cervical screening
• BMA - Focus in Gender Incongruence in Primary Care

DEMENTIA

• Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust - Older peoples mental health
• Parkinsons Society
• Alzheimers Society
• Age Concern
• NHS England -  Supporting carers in general practice: a framework of quality markers

EAR CARE

• NICE - Earwax
• The Rottherham NHS Foundation Trust - Ear Care Centre 

HEALTHY LEG CLUB

• NICE - Leg Ulcer. Venous
• Leg Club Website

IMMUNISATION AND VACCINATIONS

• RCN - Managing Childhood Immunsation Clinics
• GOV.UK - Immunisation
• GOV.UK - Immunisation against infectious disease

INFECTION CONTROL IN GENERAL PRACTICE

• Department of Health -  Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance
• GOV.UK -  Management and disposal of health care waste
• GOV.UK -  Safe water in healthcare premises
• HSE - Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)  
• NHS England - Best Way to Wash Your Hands
• IPC - Infection Prevention Control - Policiies for General Practice
• NIPCM -  Standard Infection Control Precautions - Literature Reviews

PRESCRIBING

• NMC -  Useful information for prescribers . Answering your questions on prescribing standards and qualifications
• Wessex LMCs -  General Practice Nurse - Prescribing for pregnant women and children
• Wessex LMCs -  Patient Specific Directions (PSDs) and Patient Group Directions (PGDs)
• RCN -  Health Care Support Workers Administering Inactivated Influenza, Shingles and Pneumococcal Vaccines for Adults and Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV) for Children
• NHS Networks -  SocialPrescriberPlus – essential training for social prescribing link workers, care coordinators and health coaches

TRAINING

• Wessex LMCs LEaD - Learning Education Development
• Wessex LMCs - Lunch and Learn
• Core Capabilities Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice (Nurses) Working in General Practice / Primary Care in England
• PHE -  National Minimum Standards and Core Curriculum for Immunisation Training of Healthcare Support Workers
• Skills for Health - Paramedic Specialist in Primary and Urgent Care Core Capabilities Framework
• Derby & Derbyshire LMC -  The Practice Nurse Project - Competency Framework and Competency Development Plan
• Wessex LMCs -  HCA Competency Standards
• Wessec LMCs - Nurse Degree Apprenticeships
• E-Learning for Healthcare
• NHS -  General Practice Nurse Specialty Training. A new approach to GP nursing

CQC

• The Nursing Team - CQC Links

The Future of Primary Care

• NHS England - Building Capability for improvement
• NHS England - General Practice Forward View
• NHS England - Integrated Care
• NHS England -  Delivering the Forward View: NHS planning guidance
• NHS England -  The General Practice Nursing Workforce Development Plan. This plan covers four main areas.  1. Entry into general practice nursing (preregistration).  2. Establishing the role of the general practice nurse - the early years (post-registration).  3. Enhancing the GPN role.  4. Expanding the healthcare support workforce.

• HEE (2015) District Nursing and General Practice Nursing Educational and Career Framework

  NHSE (2017) Leading Change, Adding Value: A framework for nursing, midwifery and care staff

   

  NHSE Introducing the 6 Cs in Nursing. Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage and Commitment. (First published 2012) (this also needs to go on the GPN, ANP & HCA page)

  QNI (2016) General Practice Nursing in the 21st Century

  NHSE (2017) Ipsos MORI Research The recruitment, retention and return of nurses to general practice nursing in England

  NHSE (2017) Leading Change Adding Value. A framework for nursing, midwifery and care staff (e-learning tool) also on the GPN page and training page please?

  “A learning tool to support all nursing, midwifery and care staff to identify and address unwarranted variation in practice”

  NHSE Return to Practice Programme (can’t add as a link under the word Return??) https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/return-practice-nursing/general-practice-nursing-programme also on the GPN page and training page please?

Other Useful Links and Publications

• Wessex LMCs - Innovations
• NHSE - Digital First Primary Care
• NHSE - General Practice
• NHSE - Practice Teams
• Wessex LMCs - Primary Care Networks (PCNs)
• Wessex LMCs - Nursing Survey Results and Possible Solutions - April 2019