Nursing in genitourinary medicine: 10 years on from the Monks Report

Various reports and surveys since 1988 have highlighted differences in grad ings and diversity of roles and responsibilities of nurses in genitourinary medicine (GUM). Ln addition there was no method of defining how many nurse s work in the speciality. Therefore the Genito-Urinary Nurses Association ( GUNA) undertook a survey last year to establish how many nurses, of what gr ade, undertaking what roles are working in GUM. clinics. Over half the clin ics in the UK responded, from full-time busy London clinics to small part-t ime rural clinics. The results suggest approximately 2000 nurses working in GUM nationally, with a wide diversity of grades, roles and responsibilitie s still apparent 10 years after the Monks Report. Further analysis of the d ata obtained by the survey is given in the report.