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How GPs can help reduce inappropriate attendance

05 July 2011

Emergency Nurse

Feature

York District Hospital emergency department (ED) piloted a scheme in which GPs work alongside ED staff. By seeing and treating minor cases, the GPs allowed ED staff...

Compliance with swift communication of diagnosis to GPs

08 December 2014

Cancer Nursing Practice

Art & Science

Until this year the National Cancer Peer Review Programme Manual for Cancer Services 2008 included a policy that all GPs should be informed of a new cancer diagnosis...

Emergency departments: better safe than sorry?

10 July 2015

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Emergency departments (EDs) in the UK are under increasing pressure, partly because people use them inappropriately for non-urgent conditions. As part of NHS Wales...

Role of Summary Care Records in safety and service improvement

02 February 2016

Primary Health Care

Feature

Few nurses in England are likely to access Summary Care Records (SCRs) away from GP surgeries. However, the NHS Standard Contract for 2015/16, which is mandated by...