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From: Ruth Livingstone <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 05 July 1998 18:50
Subject: RE: Nurse representation on PCG boards


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>From: [log in to unmask] on behalf of Haines
>Sent: Thursday, July 02, 1998 09:12
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Nurse representation on PCG boards
>
>At 07:56 02/07/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>Our local community trust think the nurse representative  on the PCG Board
>>should be a nurse manager because "they are used to talking to GPs"
>>
>>What an insult to  hardworking excellent grassroots community nurses and
what
>>a lack of understanding of the role of  practice nurses.
>>
>>Is this conclusive evidence that they have completely lost the plot,or the
>>first round in a power grabbing exercise?
>>
>>
>>Maureen Barnard
>>GP and avid fan of grassroot nurses.
>
>The future of community services lies in the hands of the PCGs
>and so, of course, the Trust managers will want to put senior
>executive managers on PCG Boards.
>
>However, it is up to the PCG community to decide who sits on
>the Board and the sensible thing to do would be to ask the
>Community Nurses/HV who they wish to represent them.
>
>Whoever they choose will have to get used to sitting on
>committees (probably in the evening) and taking
>time away from patient care to read papers/ read HSCs /
>read minutes/ prepare papers / present papers / liaiase
>with other nursing staff/ and will need to be able to think strategically
> - on behalf of patients, other nurses, and the PCG.
>This role will not appeal to many grass roots nurses :-(
>
>We have opted for a local nurse manager to represent community
>nurses, but there is an ongoing debate as to whether practice
>nurses should represent themselves. One good thing has come
> out of this, the local practice nurses are finally getting together
>and networking.
>
>--
>Ruth Livingstone
>http://www.stamford.co.uk/littlesurgery/
>
>
>
>as a np and locality represenative for Pns in our area we have already put
our act together and produced a report for our local LMC. at the next AGM of
pn's we will have three nurses who will be able to represent nurses on the
PHG if so invited
zena np
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