Primary care nursing. Community nursing practice management and teamwork.
The government has announced that GP fundholding is to be extended to include a 'community fundholding' option. In the new scheme, all GPs will be eligible to become community fundholders and buy community nursing services from NHS community trusts. This paper outlines what the National Health Service Executive guidelines will mean for community nurses working in GP practices and describes four models, currently up and running, of new primary health-care team nursing practice management and teamwork.
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