The aim of this article is to identify challenges for advanced practitioners within the district nursing services in remote and rural areas and the impact of the new Scottish GP contract. Advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs) working within the community providing care in patients’ homes have a wide skill base to draw upon. However, community care is often not reviewed or studied to identify the impact it makes to patients and the wider community.
This article looks at a review of the qualitative research provided by a search on CINAHL, Medline, PsychINFO and Google scholar between 2019 to 2023. Studies needed to be about advanced practice in remote and rural areas with a focus on district or community
nursing. A separate search was conducted for reviews on the new Scottish GP contract and the impact on services this has had, using the same search engines and between the same dates. Articles that were based on ANPs working in GP practices were excluded.