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Louise Ashwood, Anne Macrae and Paula Marsden are practice nurses who are also part-time lead nurses for NHS Lambeth CCG. They have been part of a programme in the Borough to increase the recruitment and retention of practice nurses, expanding the number of practices who offer placements and increasing the number of nurse mentors. They explain to Ben how this works in practice and the impact their efforts have had. They look to the future of general practice nursing and offer advice for other areas.

Show Notes

The nurses introduce themselves (48secs)

The recruitment and retention challenge for practice nurses (1min 18secs)

Addressing the challenges (2min 22secs)

Allocating a lead nurse to each locality (2mins 51secs)

Allocating a lead nurse to a specialist interest (3mins 20secs)

A few hours each for the CCG (4mins 06secs)

Increasing the number of practices who take student nurses (4mins 41secs)

Spreading the enthusiasm – and remuneration (5mins 11secs)

Encouraging mentorship (5mins 51secs)

Mentors gaining confidence (6mins 40secs)

The impact of having more students (7mins 36secs)

Supporting new practice nurses (8mins 10secs)

No problem in releasing nurses to train (8mins 35secs)

Funding from the Community Education Provider Network (9mins 34secs)

A programme of skills training (10mins 19secs)

The role of practice nurses in the borough (10mins 51secs)

Supporting the quality of practice nursing (11mins 41secs)

Healthcare Assistants – an untapped resource (12mins 50secs)

Fulfilling nurses’ potential (14mins 33secs)

The future of general practice nursing (15mins 26secs)

New clinical roles and their impact on nursing (17mins 05secs)

The team approach (18mins 08secs)

The lessons and advice for others (18mins 39secs)