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General Practice Nursing

Use this guide to find information resources related to general practice nursing including books, reports and journal articles.

Last updated: 15/07/2025

Key Resources

Royal College of Nursing (2025) RCN briefing on the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS), 12 February.
cover Royal College of Nursing (2022) Immunisation knowledge and skills competence assessment tool. 3rd edn. London: RCN.
Book Cover Royal College of Nursing (2021) Managing childhood immunisation clinics. London: RCN
Book Cover RCN Advice guide: Self-employment
RCN General Practice Nursing Forum webinars
  • Every month, we run webinars with NHS England and the National Association of Primary Care for our general practice members. Join an upcoming webinar to hear and share best practice and ask questions of your forum, professional lead and other experts. Catch up with past webinars to get the latest on all things general practice and pay.
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UK Government (2025) Fit for the future: 10 year health plan for England. CP 1350.
Clifford J, Hopkins K and Hunter E (2024) Leading the way: The role and value of nurses in general practice in England. Phase three report. London: Sonnet.
  • Research commissioned by NHS England. Includes links to phase one and two reports.
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Health Education England, NHS England, NHS Improvement and Skills for Health (2021) Primary care and general practice nursing career and core capabilities framework.
Health Education England, NHS England and Skills for Health (2020) Core capabilities framework for advanced clinical practice (nurses) working in general practice / primary care in England.
NHS England (2017) General practice: developing confidence, capability and capacity: a ten point plan for general practice nursing.
The Queen's Nursing Institute (2020) The QNI Standards of education and practice for nurses new to general practice nursing. London: QNI.
The Queen’s Nursing Institute and The Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland (2017) The QNI/QNIS voluntary standards for general practice nursing education and practice.
The Queen's Nursing Institute (2016) Transition to general practice nursing toolkit. London: QNI.
NHS England and The Queens Nursing Institute (2019) General practice nurse induction template.
The Queen's Nursing Institute: General practice nurse network
The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2016) UK medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (UKMEC).
We would like to thank the RCN General Practice Nursing member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Books

book cover Blaber A, Morris H, Gorman J and Goddard D (2021) Independent prescribing for general practice nurses. Bridgwater: Class Publishing.
Book Cover Brook J, McGraw C and Thurtle V (eds.) (2021) Oxford handbook of primary care and community nursing. 3rd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Book Cover Duncan D (2019) General practice nursing: foundational principles. Cumbria: M and K Publishing.
Book cover Everett S (2021) Handbook of contraception and sexual health. 4th edn. London: Routledge.
Book cover Johnson G, Hill-Smith I, Bakhai C and Khatani B (2024) The minor illness manual. 6th edn. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group.
Nicol-Nursing-adults-with-long-term-conditions Nicol J and Hollowood L (2024) Nursing adults with long term conditions. 4 edn. London: Learning Matters.
Book cover Percy L and Mansour D (2023) Contraception made easy. 3rd edn. Banbury: Scion.
Image of Phillip's Clinical Obesity in Adults and Children Phillips A (2023) Diabetes care at a glance. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.
Book cover Price A, Grey J E, Patel G K and Harding K G (2022) ABC of Wound Healing. 2nd edn. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons.
Book Cover Simon C, Everitt H, Dorp F van, Hussain N, Nash E and Peet D (2020) Oxford handbook of general practice: 5th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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