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In 2019 in the UK, an estimated 885,000 people were living with dementia. Although people can still live well with dementia, exercise is one of the approaches that can help both with the management of...
The Royal College of Nurses is set to host the Women's Health Conference on 6...
Practice Nursing provides nurses working in general practice with the tools to reach their full potential and deliver the best possible care to their patients. Our monthly journal informs and...
England's health and social care watchdog is ‘not fit for purpose, according to the new Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting, pledging immediate action to ‘grip the crisis’..
An individual requires intact motor and nervous systems to swallow normally. When there are problems the person can develop dysphagia, difficulty eating, drinking or swallowing (Royal College of...
For UK Healthcare Professionals. Alliance Pharmaceuticals. Promotional content. Malnutrition is a common yet under-recognised condition, that can reduce quality of life and increase hospitalisation and the risk of developing other diseases¹. This article focuses on the identification and management of malnourished patients in primary care, offering insight into those at risk, what support there is for screening and how it can be managed according to guidelines. 1. BDA. Malnutrition.
Update on travel vaccinations, the 2024 flu programme, improving immunisation update in practice and dealing with vaccine hesitancy.
Highlights of the programme include tackling the overuse of reliever inhalers for asthma, providing greener respiratory care, managing allergic rhinitis and a look at the use of rescue packs in COPD.
A free revalidation portfolio and CPD resource for nurses and midwives.
Bowen's disease is a rare condition thought to affect approximately 15 per 100,000 people in the UK each year (GP Notebook 2020). Although the condition can affect both males and females,...
PH affects at least 1% of the world's population, with low-income and middleincome countries shouldering most of the burden. In all its manifestations, PH is associated with adverse vascular...
‘Practice Nursing provides nurses working in general practice with the tools to reach their full potential and deliver the best possible care to their patients. Our monthly journal informs and...
Tens of thousands of children and adults living with type 1 diabetes across England are set to receive an ‘artificial pancreas’ in a world-first initiative being rolled out by the NHS..
Influenza A is an enveloped, segmented, negative-strand RNA virus, belonging to the Orthomyxoviridae family. Influenza A viruses are divided into subtypes based on the proteins on the surface of the...
To understand the current situation, it is important to look at the historical context. Attracting nurses into primary care has always been a challenge, and the reasons for this are complex and...
Preconception care (PCC) describes interventions that identify and modify behavioural, biomedical, and social risks among reproductive-aged women. Although PCC aims to enhance healthy pregnancy...
‘Practice Nursing provides nurses working in general practice with the tools to reach their full potential and deliver the best possible care to their patients. Our monthly journal informs and...
Two million more GP appointments a month are being delivered for patients compared to the same month before the pandemic, as part of the NHS primary care access recovery plan..
Pregnancy often serves as a catalyst for women to make positive health choices, highlighting the significance of targeting this actively engaged demographic (Thayer et al, 2020). Post-natal screening...
In the period 1990/1991 to 2021/2022, the percentage of new IEN Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registrants rose from 10% to 53% of the total annual number. In 2022-2023, more than 40% of new NMC...
Dr Suzanne Kelleher is a consultant general paediatrician working at Ireland's largest acute paediatric hospital – Children's Health Ireland, Crumlin – and in 2017 she established the national 22qDS...
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Now that overseas travel has resumed post-pandemic, the RCN and NaTHNaC explore the latest research and future trends in travel health nursing, in an online event on 23 March. The RCN encourages any...
The body's microbiome comprises some 200 trillion (2 x 1014) organisms and Hoffmann (2023) explains that it is adversely affected by the consumption of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) which lower the...
‘Practice Nursing provides nurses working in general practice with the tools to reach their full potential and deliver the best possible care to their patients. Our monthly journal informs and...
A combination of vaginal, vulval and / or urinary symptoms comes under the umbrella term – GSM (genitourinary syndrome of the menopause) but is historically termed vaginal atrophy (VA), and more...
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