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Progress in general practice?

‘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...

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The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has confirmed the...

Malaria: an update for nurses in general practice

Endemicity and transmission patterns vary. Despite disruptions to prevention, diagnosis and treatment during the pandemic, countries largely averted further setbacks to malaria control with only...

Urinary tract infection in an older patient: a case study and review

Mrs M, an 87-year-old lady living in a nursing home, was referred to the community ANP by the senior carer. The presenting complaint was reported as dark, cloudy, foul-smelling urine, with new...

COPD: what GPNs need to know from the latest GOLD update

An updated definition of COPD is included in the guidelines, reflecting the symptoms (productive cough and breathlessness) that are linked to persistent, often progressive and non-fully reversible...

Vaccine-preventable food- and water-borne diseases

Poliomyelitis (Polio) is a viral infection that is potentially paralysing and mostly affects the under 5's. This disease is spread via the faecal-oral route and humans are the only natural known host...

Community and collaboration: a Parkinson's nurse shares her leading lights

This initiative is not new, but it works. It is proactive care, through collaboration with patients, their loved ones, and other specialist teams.

Breastfeeding and respiratory syncytial virus

Culturally embedded attitudes such as embarrassment about breastfeeding in public and adherence to deep-rooted societal norms can blunt the beneficial impact of public health initiatives on...

Bird flu: should we be concerned?

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) type A (H5N1) infections during the 2021–2022 epidemiological year have been the largest in European history, involving 37 countries; 2520 HPAI outbreaks in...

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Research Roundup

Worldwide, the annual costs of mental health disorders are an estimated $2.5 trillion (USD), a sum which is projected to rise to $6 trillion by 2030. This is cited by Singh et al (2023), who note that...

Tools, guidance and key events for general practice nurses

The UKHSA has released information on the spring 2023 booster dose for eligible individuals. Paper copies are available free to pre-order, translated versions and alternative formats of this leaflet...

Managing chronic kidney disease, diabetes and coronary artery disease

Whatever the cause of an individual’s CKD, there is a universal emphasis on HT control (Pugh et al, 2019); HT being both a cause and symptom of CKD. NICE (2021) guidance for blood pressure control is...

Scabies: an update for nurses

Scabies is one of the most common dermatological conditions and affects more than 200 million people at any given time. While scabies occurs worldwide, it is most common in hot, tropical countries and...

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South East London Training Hub’s student nurse placement process

South East London Training Hub (SELTH) is committed to supporting workforce planning and retention, and student nurse GP placements are part of this offer. Placements are an opportunity to expose...

PCN Women’s Health Study Day in Cardiff

Feedback for the day was extremely positive. Thanks to all delegates, speakers and sponsors for a wonderful event. We look forward to welcoming everyone back next year.

Research Roundup

There has been an increase in the number of adolescents encountering and consuming pornography, and this exposure is concerning for parents, teachers and the public. In this American paper, Jhe et al...

Tools, guidance and key events for general practice nurses

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has published updated quality standards on diagnosing and managing urinary tract infections in those aged 16 years and over. It describes...

Ear wax removal: inequities in access

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 inspires...

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Statistics from the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID, 2023) show that while demand for long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) is increasing, provision has not returned to...

How to complete a safe and effective contraceptive consultation

The FSRH have produced a service standard for record keeping in sexual and reproductive healthcare consultations (FSRH, 2019a). It recommends clear documentation of clinical history, assessment,...

Should patients pay for access to general practice?

‘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...

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Around 4.6 million women have not come forward for their latest cervical screening, figures from NHS England show. This comes after the NHS sent out a record number of invites in 2021/22 – over 5...

Continuous glucose monitoring for type 1 diabetes

Technologies are available which now enable people with T1DM to quickly monitor and manage their blood glucose without frequent, painful, finger pricking (Leelarathna and Wilmot, 2018), providing...

Chronic kidney disease: the canary in the coal mine

The guardian of cost-effective care in the UK (except Scotland) is NICE, which has recently been very active in this area, producing new and updated CKD (NICE, 2021a) and type 2 diabetes guidelines...

Exploring health care professionals’ experiences of supporting LGBTQ+ patients: a qualitative study

Eight HCPs were included (Table 2). The majority of participants were men (n=5; 62.5%). Most participants were consultant geriatricians (n=2; 25%). Seven participants were White British. Interviews...

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