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...
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...
Of 186 T2D patients who chose a low-carbohydrate approach — which included one-to-one GP consultations, plus group consultations and personal phone calls as necessary — not only did 97% improve their...
While the NHS faced, and continues to face, such pressures, it became clear that a number of trusts could not cope with increased demand, which was made worse by the shortage of social care services...
Globally, diabetes-related foot disease (DFD) is the leading cause of the diabetes disability burden, with some 20 million people worldwide estimated to have DFD, and another 130 million people having...
The Royal College of Nursing has published a document on sharps safety in health and social care settings focusing on the prevention and management of sharps injuries..
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UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) analysis suggests that nasal flu vaccine may also help reduce the rate of group A strep infections (Sinnathamby et al, 2022)..
Pain assessment should form part of the initial wound assessment, and there are many pain tools available. Nemeth et al (2003) reviewed the five most commonly used tools for measuring leg ulcer pain,...
Allergic rhinitis can be classified depending on the frequency and severity of symptoms as per the World Health Organisation Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) guidelines. Intermittent...
The British Guideline on the Management of Asthma (BTS/SIGN, 2019) defines the aim of asthma management as being to gain control of the disease, while the guideline from the National Institute for...
During immunosuppression, the normal function of the immune system is inhibited. Treatments, such as chemotherapy, disrupt the normal function of the cell cycle, which consequently causes...
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