The Impact of the Introduction of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme on the General Practice Nursing Workforce in England.

Introduction/objectives: To understand the impact of introducing Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) on the General Practice Nurse (GPN) workforce. A workforce/people impact assessment designed as a cross-sectional survey of a stratified sample of 900 GPN on the Queen's Nursing Institute mailing list.

Method: A workforce/people impact assessment was designed based on the UKCS 2014 piloted and distributed as a cross-sectional survey via a survey platform.

Act now to prevent more nurses leaving the profession.

Nurses have more career choices than ever before, with practitioners moving into commissioning roles, residential and social care, as well as between NHS providers.

England risks losing its place as leading role model in education.

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) held its biennial meeting in Barcelona in May. I was invited as an official observer of the Council of Nurse Representatives, and learned first-hand how the ICN operates.

A sense of belonging unites Queen's Nurses.

In 1893, Florence Nightingale said hospitals are 'only an intermediate stage of civilization, never intended at all even to take in the whole sick population'.

Don't forget the extraordinary work of district nurses.

Last week I took some time out from reflecting on the policy and service challenges of delivering more care in people's homes and shadowed a Queen's Nurse at work.

Helping community nurses get back on their feet.

This year the Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) celebrates its 130th anniversary, and we are as relevant today as we were in 1887.

Making international collaboration a priority.

I was recently invited to Japan to learn more about how nursing care is delivered in the home, and to compare and contrast services in Japan with services in the UK.

District nursing vision will require resources.

At the Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) annual conference in London last month, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens spoke about his aspiration for the NHS to become a 'neighbourhood health service', as well as a national one.

We can help make your fabulous ideas a reality.

When I ask nurses who are delivering care for patients in the community for their views on creating a more responsive health service they are never, ever, short of an answer.

QNI backs call for district nurse qualification.

RCN congress in June passed a resolution urging RCN council to lobby for all district nurse caseload holders to have a specialist practitioner qualification, accredited by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Your views on educaton funding are vital, says Crystal Oldman.

The way nurse education is funded in England is undergoing reformation. From September 2017, nursing students will have to pay their own tuition fees and the bursary will go.

Voices - Funding of student places is a topic on everyone's mind, says Crystal Oldman.

Last week nurses from across the country gathered in London for the Queen's Nurses annual meeting.

The district nursing service: a national treasure.

District nurses are a national treasure. They are the key professionals who will enable the agenda of patients being cared for at home to be realised. They are highly trusted and valued by communities who lead and manage teams of nurses and nursing assistants expertly to deliver high-quality care in the patient's own home.