Nursing in Practice will today launch its final GPN Manifesto Roundtable report exploring mental health care, childhood immunisations and the use of digital platforms in primary care.
This marks the fourth in a series of roundtable reports linked to our GPN Manifesto for 2024 – made up of 10 priorities, created by Nursing in Practice in collaboration with 10 nurses.
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Our manifesto outlines the vital need to value patients’ mental health needs ‘equally to their physical health’ and for GPNs to ‘play an important role’ in overturning the decline in childhood immunisations uptake.
It also urges GP practices to ‘continue to evolve’ by adopting digital platforms to ‘improve patient care and outcomes’.
In this discussion, we explore concerns around a lack of registered mental health nurses – especially in primary care – and the need to make mental health ‘everybody’s business’.
On immunisations, the group highlight the importance of ‘building relationships’ with families and finding ‘innovative ways’ to run clinics to help tackle hesitancies and boost uptake among children.
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Technology wise, GPNs say they have ‘still got a long way to go’, but the use of digital platforms and apps is increasing, particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic.
Last month, our third GPN Manifesto Roundtable report explored issues around GPN’s mental health and career progression.
Earlier this year, we launched a roundtable report focused on the role of GPNs in addressing health inequalities, managing long-term conditions and promoting public health.
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Meanwhile, our first GPN Manifesto roundtable report explored GPN recruitment, retention and pay.
Keep an eye out on our website and socials for the latest instalment later today.
