Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
Clinical
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A scoping review of ten years of literature examined pre-registration nurse placements
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The needs and challenges of people with CHD in the community and primary care
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Steps need to be taken to meet the statutory duties of identifying and assessing such carers
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This article looks at how parents and carers can use text messaging to have safe and secure conversations with health visitors about a range of issues.
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This article describes innovations in the recognition and management of at risk and deteriorating adult patients at home.
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The acuity of patients being seen and treated in primary care is changing.
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Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a common problem in men who have diabetes. However, ED assessment is often overlooked in primary care.
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Good communication is vital in all health settings. If nurses are to support lifestyle and behaviour change, we need additional ways of communicating.
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Life expectancy is increasing so women are likely to live many years after their menopause.
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has a significant effect on people’s health and it often leads to further complications.
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Practice nurses from a sustainability and transformation partnership area participated in six action learning sets focused on digital upskilling.
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The National Patient Safety Agency’s (NPSA) National Reporting and Learning System (2007) identified that 11% of deaths in 2005 were the result
Falls in older people are a major cause of hospital admissions. Primary healthcare professionals play an important role in preventing falls, although they experience barriers to achieving this.
General practice is facing a shortage of nurses and it can be difficult to recruit and retain staff.
A central London NHS trust piloted an adapted Buurtzorg model Neighbourhood Nursing team to test and learn how the model might work. Buurtzorg means neighbourhood care in English.
Type 2 diabetes structured education programmes are recommended for all newly diagnosed patients to support diabetes self-management.
Allergy to cow’s milk protein represents a significant burden for babies, their families and the healthcare system. Primary care practitioners are ideally placed to address the gap in service provision for people affected by these allergies.
This article describes how a personal smartphone and an online video-sharing platform were used to produce and then disseminate an interactive training resource to staff working in a contraception and sexual health service in England.
