Primary Health Care Research & Information Service
Abstract
A number of barriers and facilitators to an expanded role for practice nurses have
been identified. These include legal and funding issues related to the lack of a
system-level model, poor role definition for practice nurses, lack of space available
in general practices and GP attitudes. Inter-professional issues, medico-legal
concerns and a poorly defined scope of practice need to be addressed while a
defined educational and career pathway for practice nursing to attract nurses to
general practice is needed
