Journal of General Practice Nursing

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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Once you’ve watched the presentation, make sure you get your certificate from the following link: https://wct-live.co.uk/.

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

04/08/2025

Empowering patients, easing pressure on the system. 🩹

With wound care placing a heavy burden on the NHS, supported self-management is a key strategy to empower patients and promote independence.

This article outlines how GPNs can implement practical self-management support for patients living with wounds, from developing trust to setting achievable goals.

📖 Read more:
https://www.journalofpracticenursing.co.uk/resources/details/how-implement-supported-self-management-wound-care

29/07/2025

🦠 Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) may be rare among UK travellers, but with the virus spreading in parts of Europe and Asia, it’s vital that GPNs are equipped to advise patients visiting or living in endemic regions.

This article offers essential guidance on symptoms, prevention, vaccination, and risk assessment for travellers. 🧳

👉 Read more: https://www.journalofpracticenursing.co.uk/journals/issue/06-2025/article/tick-borne-encephalitis-advising-travellers