The loss of the School of Nursing would be a blow to general practice

RCGP Cymru Wales is disappointed and worried by the proposal to close the School of Nursing at Cardiff University. There are 1040 nurses working in Welsh general practice playing a vital service to patients.

RCGP Cymru Wales Chair Dr Rowena Christmas MBE said:

“Recently we’ve been forced to cope with providing a service to patients with fewer GPs and fewer nurses in our surgeries. Far from losing career paths, we should be ramping up routes into these professions.

My call on Cardiff University is to rethink. My ask of Welsh Government is to intervene rather than lose this important asset to healthcare.”

Further information

Nicolas Webb
Policy and Public Affairs Manager
Tel: 020 3188 7767
nicolas.webb@rcgp.org.uk

Notes to editor

The Royal College of General Practitioners is a network of more than 54,000 family doctors working to improve care for patients. We work to encourage and maintain the highest standards of general medical practice and act as the voice of GPs on education, training, research and clinical standards.