4 I hope there is some renewed energy support and appetite to meaningfully support communities with this new #GPcontract, and this includes those #Nurses in our workforce who make the absolute difference day in and day out.

Some of the rhetoric around Nurses losing their jobs in NHSE & ICB’s is harmful. Telling people to ‘get back to grassroots and hands on’ Nursing. Non clinical roles are not worth less. 1/3

New BGS report found on average in England, there is 1 nurse specialising in older people’s healthcare per 120 people aged 85+. We are calling for accurate and complete data about the numbers of nurses and AHPs working with older people Jugdeep Dhesi buff.ly/0IFXK4K

“Support staff do immensely important work that must be respected and valued in its own right. But ‘nurse’ must always mean nurse. This is not nothing; it is everything.” Flavia Munn

It was great to meet colleagues completing the Staffordshire General Practice Nursing Foundation School training programme yesterday. GPN's play such a critical public health role, so thank you for everything that you do🙏 staffordshiretraininghub.com/gpn-foundation…

Dear Nursing colleagues, A personal Thank you to all you wonderful professionals who are vastly underpaid, undervalued and have saved my arse on more times than i care to remember. 🙏 #InternationalNursesDay

"We aren't currently facing a "disengagement crisis" at work. What we're really facing is a mattering deficit". Mattering is knowing we’re significant to our leaders & key members of our group. When we experience mattering, we flourish - we’re more motivated & persistent &

1/ Excellent conference today, presenting with Trevor Clower BEM on the relationships we need to see in neighbourhoods We talked about the essential characteristics that support listening, humility, trust, partnerships & outcomes. Great to catch up with colleagues. LCH NHS Trust

3/ 📢 Shout out 2 our brilliant #community #nurses Meet Chris Sylvester inspiring community leader & founder of ‘Getting Clean’ overcoming addiction & enacting recovery ❤️‍🩹 support Can #nurses help in our neighbourhoods? Getting Clean Primary Care Nursing Pioneers 💥 ⬇️

1/ Government expects 2025/26 pay awards to be passed on to practice nurses nursinginpractice.com/latest-news/go… #GeneralPracticeNurses have been been advocating for fairness, equality & parity within this space, and negotiating on an individual basis with GP employers for nearly 3 decades.

2/ What will it take for GP employers.. across the board to recognise the inherent value that this workforce brings to patients their families and their communities across England? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

3/ Patient safety & the quality of care that RNs offer in #Generalpractice should never be just a ‘priority’ it should be a ‘ precondition’ to cultural & structural reform cc Helen Anderson PhD RN QN

Helen Anderson PhD RN QN 4/ For governments & policy makers the cost of not getting this right is significant.

Helen Anderson PhD RN QN 5/ Three salient questions for those employed by #GPs Are you treated with dignity & respect as an employee? As Nurses Are you given the educational tools & training you need to give meaning and purpose to your work? Are you recognised for your contribution to General Practice?

Helen Anderson PhD RN QN 6/ Resident doctors are discussing strike action, and yet this is a nursing workforce who don’t even have above statuary sick pay, maternity or paternity pay embedded nationally within the GP contract Wes Streeting This must be a priority for patient safety.

Helen Anderson PhD RN QN Wes Streeting 7Empirical evidence demonstrates that patients families & carers value the therapeutic relationships that our nurses offer in #GeneralPractice across the life course. And yet.. this nursing workforce must rely on employers to ‘ pass on’ an uplifts to T& C of employment.

Helen Anderson PhD RN QN Wes Streeting 8/ This will hamper the aspirations of the 10year plan. We need to see a financial ring fenced firm commitment from GP employers in support of nursing staff now.. to make the tangible difference for the future.

Helen Anderson PhD RN QN Wes Streeting 9/ Government ministers together with the General Practice need to step in now with a firm commitment as outlined in the 10 year plan in support of the #Generalpracticenursing workforce. This would include above stat sick & maternity pay for nursing employees, encompassing annual uplifts

Helen Anderson PhD RN QN Wes Streeting General Practice 10/ In pay terms & conditions. We have the evidence that this workforce makes ‘the social & economic difference’ and the impact to sustainable outcomes in prevention & long term conditions. High time 🕰️ this highly skilled workforce is recognised for their contribution.

Excellent thread. Story is the same for Irish #GPNs. Time the HSE Ireland recognizes the amazing work done in General Practice. IGPNEA General Practice Advanced Nurse Practitioners ONMSD Jennifer Carroll MacNeill TD