The forum promotes the contribution of practice nurses to community health care and promotes the interests of nurses working in general practice.
Membership is open to all members interested in practice nursing.
Currently it is promoting the involvement of practice nurses in local commissioning and investigating alternative models of employment for practice nurses, including self-employment. The forum also campaigns for equitable access for practice nurses to study leave and for appropriate education to qualify them for their work. Joint work on caring for patients undergoing fertility treatment is underway with the RCN Fertility Nurses Group. Nurse practitioners are at the leading edge of health care and nursing innovation but often practice in isolation. The issue of nurse prescribing is an ongoing concern.