Practice nurses count: the new national census
Neil Lunt , Are Research Fellows, Social Polity Research Unit. University of York
Gillian Parker Psychology, PhD, Professor of Community Care, University of Leicester
Michael Hirst , Was formerly Research Fellow at the Social Policy Research Unit. University of York
There has been an enormous growth in the number of practice nurses in recent years, raising many policy issues. Karl Atkin, Gillian Parker, Neil hunt and Michael Hirst report on the findings of their research into how practice nurses’ roles are evolving
The number of nurses employed general practice has more than trebled in the past five years (1) and, not surprisingly, the role of practice nurses has attracted a great deal of attention from policy makers, service planners and researchers.
Nursing Standard.
8, 5, 21-24.
doi: 10.7748/ns.8.5.21.s42
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