Incidences of COVID-19 are rising, with a new variant having been discovered, The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has announced..
Government plans to modernise and reform primary care progress as more than 1,000 general practices sign up for digital upgrades..
Social prescribing is now a central part of primary care. It is defined by NHS England (2020) as ‘an approach that connects people to activities, groups, and services in their community to meet the...
Some patients with CNCP are treated with opioids amongst other adjuvant pharmacological therapies (BMA 2017, Appendix 1). However, it is commonly found that opioids are ineffective over time resulting...
‘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...
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the leading cause of chronic liver disease, with type 2 diabetes (T2D) a major predictor, and NAFLD can range from simple steatosis (non-alcoholic fatty...
Around 9.1 million people in the UK will be living with major illness by 2040 – an increase of 2.5 million from 2019, according to a new report published by the Health Foundation..
The Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) became a member of the International Council Of Nurses (ICN) in 2021 and we are delighted to be in the room with so many nurses from around the world, to share and...
‘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...
DOACs were first licensed in the UK for thromboprophylaxis following orthopaedic surgery. The phase III clinical trials assessed the DOACs (dabigatran, rivaroxaban and apixaban) to be non-inferior to...
The RCN will host its annual research conference on 6 to 8 September at the University of Manchester. This conference is open to anyone interested in nursing research. It will be of interest to...
Dementia due to brain diseases such as Alzheimer's affects 55 million people, and in the year 2019 alone, represented a cost of US $1.3 trillion globally. This is cited by Daly (2023), who focuses in...
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