Helen Anderson PhD RN Queen's Nurse

My new Blog in Nursing in Practice 👀
@theqicn.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk

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Class, race, ageism and status shaping who stays in general practice, study shows A new study has revealed that hidden social and cultural barriers - not just workload and pay - are driving nurses out of general practice and threatening the stability of primary care.

Researchers from York Trials Unit found that nurses working in GP surgeries face challenges linked to class, ethnicity, gender, ageism and professional status, which leave leave many feeling undervalued, overlooked and excluded

OA paper in BMC Health Services Research doi.org/10.1186/s129... 🔓 📄

This links to a really interesting short article with amazing pictures - district nursing children's health clinic in a handy train💙!

#HistNursing #Australia

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RCN calls for investment as report reveals dire state of district-nursing | News | Royal College of Nursing Westminster government’s ambitions to shift care from hospital to community and from sickness to prevention will fail unless district nursing workforce is rebuilt

District nursing is in a dire state, and the latest report from @nuffieldtrust.org.uk shows a worse than feared collapse in the workforce.

Westminster government’s ambitions to shift care from hospital to community will fail unless the district nursing workforce is rebuilt. ⬇️

Interested in retention of nurses in general practice 👀. Summary of our new paper below ⬇️

The authors, led by @drhelenanderson.bsky.social, hope their findings will encourage NHS leaders and policymakers to consider how social and professional inequalities shape the nursing workforce 🧑‍⚕️

This study was funded by the General Nursing Council for England and Wales Trust

Interested in retention of nurses in general practice 👀. Summary of our new paper below ⬇️

Interested in how genomics education in undergraduate nursing is delivered? Check out this narrative review 👀
Great to see the first paper out from Jodie Coulson's PhD work.

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Delighted to present the findings of the #GenRetStudy about the retention of nurses on general practice at the QICN conference today! Thanks to all for your interest and insightful comments #QICN2025AnnualConference
#QICN2025

Delighted to present the findings of the #GenRetStudy about the retention of nurses on general practice at the QICN conference today! Thanks to all for your interest and insightful comments #QICN2025AnnualConference
#QICN2025

#MigraineAwarenessWeek more than just pain, it’s a neurological condition - symptoms can include sensitivity to light, smell, touch; loss of balance; diarrhoea; loss of vision; brain fog; word confusion; anxiety; depression; and/or my favourite: projectile vomiting

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Started my nurse training 35 years ago. Still proud to be a nurse and grateful for the fantastic opportunities nursing has given me

Interested in how genomics education in undergraduate nursing is delivered? Check out this narrative review 👀
Great to see the first paper out from Jodie Coulson's PhD work.

authors.elsevier.com/c/1leMC5EcXy...

My new pice about celebrating the enjoyment of nursing in general practice

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Great to attend #QualiConYork2025 today. A whole conference devoted to qualitative research and the chance to find out about some of the fantastic work going on across different disciplines

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York Bookbinding did mine and did agreat job
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ICYMI🔽 @theqicn.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk @rcgp.bsky.social @bma.org.uk @bma.org.uk

Pleased to have contributed to this panel discussion at the Nursing In Practice conference in Birmingham last week.

Some nurses ‘cannot afford’ to work in general practice

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Undervalued nursing staff doing “box-ticking” exercises forcing them out, say researchers A lack of recognition and the de-professionalisation of nursing is driving many to leave the profession in significant numbers, according to the findings of a new study.

Nurses in General Practice face an even worse fate. Many not on AfG & have poorer pay & only stat mat & sick pay. Losing experienced GPNs will result in poorer patient care and outcomes www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

ICYMI⬇️

Great to be on the panel discussing pay for #GeneralPracticeNurses at the Nursing in Practice conference in Birmingham today. Experiences of #GPNs shocking but unfortunately not surprising 🙁

Exploring the relationship between cultural and structural workforce issues and retention of nurses in general practice (GenRet): a qualitative interview study - BMC Primary Care Background Increasing shortfalls in nursing workforces are detrimental to safety critical patient care. In general practice in England up to one-in-two nursing posts are predicted to be unfilled by 20...

Great to see our paper on #Retention of #Nurses in #GeneralPractice published. Some experiences of nurses are shocking and upsetting. Plesase share. Losing experienced #GPNs will negatively impact on patient care @rcn.org.uk @theqicn.bsky.social
bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Undervalued nursing staff doing “box-ticking” exercises forcing them out, say researchers A lack of recognition and the de-professionalisation of nursing is driving many to leave the profession in significant numbers, according to the findings of a new study.

Nurses in General Practice face an even worse fate. Many not on AfG & have poorer pay & only stat mat & sick pay. Losing experienced GPNs will result in poorer patient care and outcomes www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Exploring the relationship between cultural and structural workforce issues and retention of nurses in general practice (GenRet): a qualitative interview study - BMC Primary Care Background Increasing shortfalls in nursing workforces are detrimental to safety critical patient care. In general practice in England up to one-in-two nursing posts are predicted to be unfilled by 20...

Great to see our paper on #Retention of #Nurses in #GeneralPractice published. Some experiences of nurses are shocking and upsetting. Plesase share. Losing experienced #GPNs will negatively impact on patient care @rcn.org.uk @theqicn.bsky.social
bmcprimcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Community nurses providing palliative care find collaborating with GPs harder where practices have moved towards remote communication and workforce diversification doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare

Married 29 years ago today….

The QICN’s International Community Nursing Observatory (ICNO) led by Prof @alisonleary1.bsky.social has launched a new survey to determine how registered nurses & nursing support workers are being affected by forced demotions.

Visit www.surveymonkey.com/r/AFCRN or scan the QR code to take part.

Want to find out what makes nurses leave or stay in #GeneralPractice but don't have time to read our paper this Easter weekend? Check out our animation which discusses the key findings in less than 3 minutes: youtu.be/bzn2ZI0S61s