Community nursing champion wins prestigious nursing accolade

Rosamund Bryar, Professor of Community and Primary Care Nursing and Head of the Public Health and Primary Care Unit receives Queen’s Nursing Institute Fellowship.

Rosamund Bryar, Professor of Community and Primary Care Nursing and Head of the Public Health and Primary Care Unit at St Bartholomew School of Nursing & Midwifery, City University, receives a prestigious Queen’s Nursing Institute Fellowship today (13 April 2005).


The award reflects Rosamund’s work around practice development in community nursing, both in her previous role at Hull and Holderness Community Trust/University of Hull and more recently through her work at City University in partnership with primary healthcare providers in east London.

 

Reacting to the news, Professor Bryar said: “I feel excited and honored to receive the award. Being part of this esteemed body enables me to be better informed about higher level thinking on the direction of nursing in primary health care and to make a contribution to that debate. I intend to keep working to drive forward innovations in practice and the educational development opportunities for community nurses.”

 

“Community nursing is such a crucial service in health care, and one which is finally coming out of the shadows. Over 90 per cent of care happens in patients’ homes or in the community. Community nurses, health visitors, school nurses, district nurses, practice nurses and others play a key role in helping to prevent illness. They also help patients rehabilitate, provide palliative care, and help people find other support services. Importantly they are often also well known faces in their local communities, which in turn has a significant impact on patient confidence.

 

“One of my key goals now is to support the development of more entrepreneurial nurses. I want to see more nurses leading their own practices, either in partnership with GPs or in sole nurse partnerships. In an area like east London with extensive areas of severe deprivation and serious health problems, nurse-run practices would move the focus of primary care towards illness prevention and health promotion.  Such practices might also offer GPs better opportunities to work with patients who really need medical support.”

 

Rosamund has been professor of community and primary care nursing at City University since 2000. She trained as a nurse and has qualifications in health visiting, district nursing, midwifery as well as research degrees. In 2004 she was made non-executive director of City & Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust where she has been asked to take a special interest in nursing, care for older people and practice-based commissioning.


Notes for media
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Notes to editors

  1. St Bartholomew School of Nursing & Midwifery, City University, enables students to become confident, skilled and professional nurses and midwives. The School has a strong and internationally respected history of over 120 years and an innovative approach to health and social care education. Our teaching is underpinned by world-class research and enhanced by partnerships with health and social care agencies. We have a diverse student population, which is key to our continuing success. www.city.ac.uk/barts 

  2. The Queen’s Nursing Institute is a professional organisation for community nursing: promoting best practice, providing both professional and financial support for innovative community nursing projects and working alongside leading healthcare agencies to encourage the highest standards of public health. www.qni.org.uk

Date of Article:  13/04/2005