Evidence and Practice
Increasing use of long-acting contraception in primary care
Digital by choice: becoming part of a digitally ready general practice team
Collaborative working to promote the use of an early warning scoring system in the...
Clinical
Digital by choice: becoming part of a digitally ready general practice team
Practice nurses from a sustainability and transformation partnership area participated in...
Collaborative working to promote the use of an early warning scoring system in the...
The National Patient Safety Agency’s (NPSA) National Reporting and Learning System (2007)...
A qualitative study of primary healthcare professionals’ views of falls prevention
Falls in older people are a major cause of hospital admissions. Primary healthcare...
An evaluation of management placements for nursing students in UK general practice
General practice is facing a shortage of nurses and it can be difficult to recruit and...
Learning from an early pilot of the Dutch Buurtzorg model of district nursing in England
A central London NHS trust piloted an adapted Buurtzorg model Neighbourhood Nursing team to...
Diabetes structured education: using technology to transform care
Type 2 diabetes structured education programmes are recommended for all newly diagnosed...
CPD articles
Increasing use of long-acting contraception in primary care
Long-acting, reversible contraception is a safe and effective way to control fertility,...
Migraine in primary care: myths, management and medication overuse
This article is aimed at primary care nurses and covers the presentation of migraine across...
Managing patients with multimorbidity
Multimorbidity is becoming an increasing problem with more patients having two or more long-...
Improving outcomes for patients with irritable bowel syndrome in primary care, with...
Irritable bowel syndrome is a common disorder of gastrointestinal function with symptoms...
Skin infections
This article outlines the issues involved in assessing and managing people who present with...
Improving interpretation of spirometry for better diagnosis
Spirometry is the most widely used pulmonary function test. It is useful for identifying...
Research focus
Supporting carers as individuals to improve quality of life
Three recent studies observe the support given to carers
Young people’s consumption of sugar sweetened beverages
Three papers look at the role health care practitioners can play in educating young people...
Chronic fatigue syndrome
This is a chronic debilitating illness and is, for many, a long-term condition. Our focus...
Research focus: end of life care for homeless people
Homeless people have a shortened life expectancy (Crisis 2012). This digest summarises three...
Advice on sleep position and foetal movement links to stillbirth
Links between sleep position and foetal movement prior to stillbirth
Blended feeds in children and young people
Aspects of blended feeds in children and young people are explored through the following...