scholarly journals General practice nurse–led screening for anxiety in later life in Australian primary care settings

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danny Hills ◽  
Sharon Hills ◽  
Tracy Robinson ◽  
Holly Northam ◽  
Catherine Hungerford
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Practice Nurse ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Primary Care Settings

scholarly journals Mental Illness in Primary Care Settings

1985 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Social Security ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Research Unit ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Primary Care Settings

A Conference on the above topic took place at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, on 17 and 18 July 1984. The Conference was sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Security and was organized by the General Practice Research Unit. Over 100 invited clinicians, research workers and policy-makers took part. The majority of the participants were either psychiatrists or general practitioners, but representatives of all relevant disciplines attended.

Next steps for student supervision and assessment

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 496-500
Author(s):  
Shaun Heath
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
Student Placement ◽  
Practice Nurses ◽  
Primary Care Settings ◽  
Student Supervision

Student nurses are the future of the profession. Shaun Heath explains how changes to the Nursing and Midwifery Council's education standards will effect those currently acting as mentors and how all practice nurses can get involved and contribute to student placement experiences This article explores the Nursing and Midwifery Council's 2018 education standards and how these will affect the role of general practice nurses in primary care settings. The differing roles found in the standards will be discussed, alongside how primary care and the emerging Primary Care Networks can support learners in general practice through communities of practice.

scholarly journals Forthcoming Events

1984 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 59-60
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Treatment Effectiveness ◽  
Research Unit ◽  
Practice Research ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Primary Care Settings ◽  
Research And Policy

The Department of Health and Social Security is sponsoring a conference on ‘Mental Illness in Primary Care Settings’ which will be held at the Institute of Psychiatry on 17 and 18 July 1984. The conference is being organized by the General Practice Research Unit. Topics will include classification, screening, treatment effectiveness, patterns of collaboration, international developments and future trends for research and policy. Although attendance will be by invitation only, limited places may be available. Those interested should contact Dr D. G. Wilkinson, General Practice Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ, from whom further information is available.

A Web-based intervention used in general practice for people with excessive alcohol consumption

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 39-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Linke ◽  
R Harrison ◽  
P Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Brief Intervention ◽  
Excessive Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Additional Tool ◽  
Primary Care Settings ◽  
Excessive Alcohol

Down Your Drink is a Web-based brief intervention for hazardous drinkers. We conducted a pilot study of its usefulness in general practice. Visitors to the Website were invited to complete the Fast Alcohol Screening Test and positive responders were offered a six-week interactive Web-based programme. There were 1 319 registrations in the six-month study period. In all, 815 (62%) registrants completed week one, and 79 (6%) stayed with the programme until the end. Usage of the Website was distributed through the day, with the highest levels between 10:00 and 14:00. Two focus groups with general practitioners were conducted to explore the potential for using the site in primary-care settings. Website interventions for excessive drinkers therefore appear to be feasible and may prove a useful additional tool for intervention in general practice.

Non-medical prescribing for paramedics in primary care

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 140-143
Author(s):  
Matt Dixon
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Medicines Management ◽  
Primary Care Settings

As paramedic roles continue to grow and diversity, the number of paramedics working in primary care is on the rise. Knowledge of non-medical prescribing specifically for paramedics in these settings is necessary, as are new frameworks for medicines management beyond the ambulance services and for general practice in particuar. This instalment in the Prescribing Paramedic series discusses prescribing in primary care settings including some of the more practical aspects of relevance to paramedics.

General Practice Nurse Conference 2019

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (7) ◽  
pp. 356-356
Author(s):  
Debbie Brown
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Sexual Health ◽  
Practice Nurse

The GPN Conference, organised by Practice Nursing Editor-in-Chief Debbie Brown, hosted several speakers and discussed some of the most relevant issues facing the profession today, including leadership, sexual health and embracing Primary Care Networks

Challenges of providing HIV care in general practice

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christy E. Newman ◽  
John B. F. de Wit ◽  
Levinia Crooks ◽  
Robert H. Reynolds ◽  
Peter G. Canavan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Hiv Care ◽  
Strategic Responses ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Practice Nurses ◽  
Primary Care Settings ◽  
Cost Factors

As the management of HIV changes and demand for HIV health services in primary care settings increases, new approaches to engaging the general practice workforce with HIV medicine are required. This paper reports on qualitative research conducted with 47 clinicians who provide HIV care in general practice settings around Australia, including accredited HIV s100 prescribers as well as other GPs and general practice nurses. Balanced numbers of men and women took part; less than one-quarter were based outside of urban metropolitan settings. The most significant workforce challenges that participants said they faced in providing HIV care in general practice were keeping up with knowledge, navigating low caseload and regional issues, balancing quality care with cost factors, and addressing the persistent social stigma associated with HIV. Strategic responses developed by participants to address these challenges included thinking more creatively about business and caseload planning, pursuing opportunities to share care with specialist clinicians, and challenging prejudiced attitudes amongst patients and colleagues. Understanding and supporting the needs of the general practice workforce in both high and low HIV caseload settings will be essential in ensuring Australia has the capacity to respond to emerging priorities in HIV prevention and care.

Workplace factors: The key to successful and sustained continuation of a general practice-based smoking cessation programme

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Pullon ◽  
E. Cornford ◽  
D. McLeod ◽  
K. de Silva ◽  
C. Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
Practice Nurse ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Programme Implementation ◽  
Smoking Cessation Programme ◽  
General Practices ◽  
Workplace Factors

Health promotion activity such as smoking cessation is now expected in primary care settings, including general practice. However, successful implementation and continuation of health promotion programmes is often difficult to achieve in any consistent way across a locality. This study aimed to investigate factors associated with implementation and maintenance difficulties for a smoking cessation programme in primary care, despite the provision of well-received training and support for practice nurses and general practitioners. A descriptive evaluation using numerical data and semi-structured interviews was used for general practices in the Wellington region of New Zealand during 2001-2002. The Can Quit Practice smoking cessation programme was developed and made available to all 114 general practices in the Wellington area. Data were collected and interviews conducted about implementation and ongoing programme delivery. One-third (39/114, 34%) of practices accepted and completed training for at least one staff member, usually a practice nurse. Subsequently, only 44% of practices (17/39) went on to achieve full programme implementation. Key factors precluding implementation included inadequate funding for practice nurse and general practitioner time, high patient workloads, lack of practice nurse autonomy and limited practice-wide commitment to smoking cessation. Unfavourable workplace factors can preclude the successful implementation and maintenance of an effective smoking cessation programme for patients, even when health professionals are aware of the benefits of smoking cessation, recognise the worth of offering such programmes, and receive acceptable training and ongoing support at no cost.

Long COVID – what should general practice nurses be doing?

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (6) ◽  
pp. 15-17
Author(s):  
Beverley Bostock
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Practice Nurses ◽  
Primary Care Settings

Beverley Bostock looks at managing this new condition in primary care settings

scholarly journals A comparison of morbidity and services provided in three primary care settings

2003 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Bolton ◽  
Michael Mira
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
General Practice ◽  
Substitute Care ◽  
Primary Care Settings ◽  
Ambulatory Patients ◽  
Primary Care Patients

Objective:To describe and compare the pattern of morbidity in a general practice casualty with primary care patients inemergency departments (EDs).Setting and subjects:Patients presenting to a general practice casualty and primary care patients in two EDs in Sydney, NSW.Results:The pattern of morbidity in the general practice casualty was similar to that among ambulatory patients in EDs.Conclusion:Opportunities may exist to substitute care between casualty services provided by GPs and those provided in EDs.

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