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GPN Toolkit
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Key
- General Practice Employers
- General Practice Nursing
- Strategic
- Patients
- Education Providers
| Unit 1 - Introduction to the toolkit
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Unit 2 - The employment of general practice nurses
For details on education, training and good employment practice.
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| Unit 3 - Competences of general practice nurses
A competence benchmark that links GPN roles to the Knowledge and Skills Framework.
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Unit 4 - Education and professional development of general practice nurses
For details of continuing professional development (CPD) for general practice nurses.
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| Unit 5 - Career development for general practice nurses
For details of career pathways and how best to support and encourage them.
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Unit 6 - Quality improvement and evaluating practice
For tools that can help measure quality and guide performance.
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| Unit 7 - Integration of general practice nurses in the community health care workforce
For ways in which GPNs can engage more actively with other health care professionals.
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WiPP Guide for commissioners An overview of the core responsibilities of PCT commissioners and providers. |
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Throughout this Toolkit, Quality and Outcomes Framework points have been highlighted with a flag to enable the user to clearly identify how many points can be earned. |
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The new General Medical Services requirements are also highlighted with a flag, with the particular requirement number detailed. |
The GPN Toolkit was developed in collaboration with Staffordshire University.