Nurses in general practice support clinicians to deliver high quality care; their role is crucial. The huge value nurses bring was recognised in the NHS England and Improvement commissioned report Leading the Way: the role and value of nurses in general practice in England published in December 2021 by Sonnet Advisory & Impact and Sheffield Hallam University. This report highlighted and described the four arenas (practice, patients, community and wider NHS) in which nurses bring value. It was lauded by both the Royal College of Nursing and the Queen’s Nursing Institute among others.
The development of nursing in primary care is key to the effective delivery of the NHS’s Long Term Plan. Responding to the GP nursing model outlined in Leading the Way, NHS England and Improvement have commissioned further research to find out how widely that model is seen in practice across England.
This survey is the first part of that further research. It should be completed once by each General Practice. It can be completed by a Practice Manager, Lead Nurse Manager or another person on behalf of the practice.
The survey will ask for information on the qualifications of your nursing staff and will help us get a true picture of the skills and knowledge mix in the workforce across England. We are collecting this information via this survey as there is no alternative source for this combination of data on nursing qualifications and workforce composition in each practice.
While the survey itself is short and has only five questions, you may need to gather some information prior to completing it. We therefore recommend you only open and begin the survey once you have collected the necessary information. The questions in the survey are available below along with tips and tools to make responding to the survey easier.
