Journal of General Practice Nursing

10/12/2025

🎧 Lipid Management & Long-Term Conditions

Join Jaqui Walker, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of General Practice Nursing, and Callum Metcalfe-O’Shea, RCN UK Lead for Long-Term Conditions, as they discuss the vital role GPNs play in managing long-term conditions.

This conversation highlights practical strategies for supporting patients, improving outcomes, and delivering truly patient-centred care.

👉 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WKYv_go3_Zc?si=LTCH2SXEpVZ8ipw8

Join Jaqui Walker, editor-in chief of the journal, and Callum Metcalfe-O’Shea, UK professional lead for long-term conditions, Royal College of Nursing, as th...

10/12/2025

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26/11/2025

Join Wound Care Today for their FB Live session, 'The Art of Dressing Selection: Right wound, right patient, right dressing', tonight at 7:30PM.

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24/11/2025

Understanding the impact of comorbidities is essential to providing high-quality COPD care.

In this article, Beverley Bostock, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, explores the close relationship between COPD and other long-term conditions, and offers practical recommendations to help GPNs identify, assess, and manage comorbidities to optimise patient outcomes holistically.

👉 Read more: https://www.journalofpracticenursing.co.uk/journals/issue/09-2023/article/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-and-comorbid-conditions

19/11/2025

Nutrition and COPD: What’s the link? 🥦

To mark World COPD Day, we’re highlighting the vital role that nutrition plays in managing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

This article explores how nutritional status can affect patient outcomes and what GPNs should know about dietary approaches in COPD care.

👉 Read more: https://www.journalofpracticenursing.co.uk/journals/issue/09-2025/article/interplay-between-nutritional-status-and-copd

14/11/2025

World Diabetes Day: spotlight on gliclazide 🔦

With the treatment landscape for type 2 diabetes evolving rapidly, it’s important to remember where established medications still play a role. In this GPN article, Susan Camphor offers practical insights into the ongoing use of gliclazide and how to position it in everyday general practice.

🔗 Read the article: https://www.journalofpracticenursing.co.uk/resources/details/gliclazide-management-type-2-diabetes-practical-guide

07/11/2025

17/10/2025

Looking to top up your CPD? WCT USA held their inaugural Learning Live event, ‘Implementing the 2025 IWII guidelines: making therapeutic wound cleansing standard at the bedside’ earlier this week, and it’s now available for you to watch on demand. Catch-up from…

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14/10/2025

Research matters in general practice nursing 📚
Involving GPNs in research helps shape evidence-based care that reflects the realities of community practice. This article explores why GPNs are in a prime position to ask the right questions, drive innovation, and help embed change.

🔗 Read the article: https://www.journalofpracticenursing.co.uk/journals/issue/09-2025/article/research-matters-why-gpns-have-key-role-shaping-future

10/10/2025

How can GPNs stay confident in their scope of practice? 🤔
This practical article outlines the importance of recognising your own scope of practice and using tools like the HEE Career Framework and the RCN Career Pathway for GPNs to guide your development.
It explores how to map your own skills, where to find support, and how to have confident conversations with your team about the limits of your role.

🔗 Read more: https://www.journalofpracticenursing.co.uk/journals/issue/09-2025/article/developing-skills-and-working-within-competencies