Conference for Nurses in General Practice
On Tuesday 10th June we welcomed 150 Nurses from across South Yorkshire to our very first Conference for Nurses in General Practice.
The day was a huge success with lots of networking, engaging conversations and energy in the room!
The morning included:
- Keynote speech by Louise Brady, NHSE Primary Care Nursing Lead & General Practice Nurse
- Inspirational speech by Blerta Ilazi, ReSTORE Programme Lead & Health & Inequalities Tutor PCWTH and ANP
- ICB Update and what it means for Nurses in practice by Cathy Winfield, ICB Executive Chief Nurse
- Asthma guidance by Nicola Standring-Brown, Senior Nurse Educator PCWTH
- Book Presentations to our Year 2 VTS Nurses
And in the afternoon we had 3 workshops:
- Women’s Health with Dr Marion Sloan, GP
- Diabetes & Weight Loss Injections with Deborah Barr & Bridget Walsh, Community Diabetes Nurse Specialists
- Childhood Vaccination Update with Katy Wakefield, Principle Screening & Immunisation Manager NHSE
Quality Improvement Posters from the Year 2 VTS Nurses
The Year 2 VTS Nurses have been working on a QI Project and had the opportunity to present their posters at the conference:
Feedback
We have already received amazing feedback from the day.
Here are some of the responses to what the nurses enjoyed most about the day:
Meeting others and learning together.
The nurse speakers were interesting and very inspirational.
The teaching sessions were fantastic, the good networking friendly atmosphere.
The workshops were informative and nice to have specialists on hand for any questions.
The whole day! Inspirational and passionate speakers, great venue, lunch and stalls/workshops.
All been very informative and relevant.
Networking and up to date information.
The communal feeling and the inspiration speech.
The whole day was excellent with so much useful content.
Key note speech by Louise Brady. Just to have NHS England know what we do and what we achieve is encouraging.
Being in a large group of nurses and networking. Can’t be replicated online.
It was so lovely to meet up with other practice nurses, meet new people and discuss ways of working.
The energy and “buzz” in the room! It’s so powerful to have a room full of nurses from all career stages engaged and excited about the work we do in primary care.
The content was very relevant to my practice. Good to hear about the ways newly qualified nurses can get in to practice and the support available to them.
How informative the event was.
It was all fantastic. The speakers, the presentations, the venue were fab.
Meeting like minded people, sharing experience both good and bad
