Does the community have capacity for more diagnostics?

‘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...

Long-term social care reforms unlikely before 2028, warns Labour

‘Be at the table or you will be on the menu’

Strategies to promote cervical screening for an aging demographic: a global insight

Cervical cancer epidemiology informs nursing practice through identifying at-risk groups and key risk factors. The use of this information, along with demographic data, is vital in identifying the...

A guide in undertaking core clinical supervision: Supervisors' experiences in implementing core clinical supervision in general practice

Core Clinical Supervision is focussed at providing a restorative activity to assist in fostering confidence and enhancing care delivery within primary care settings. Its introduction was in line with...

The re-emergence of the peripatetic educator in general practice

As there is a strong need of flexibility to manage a workforce to align with organisational change involving a people strategy, thus the peripatetic educator role was reintroduced to primary care due...

Should we be thinking about assisted dying?

“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 ‘world's-first’ vaccine against vomiting bug norovirus is set to be trialled in the UK.

HIV transmission, prevention, treatment and care: part two

Between 2022 and 2023, the number of people tested in all sexual health services rose compared to testing levels seen in 2019. Compared to 2019, there was a decline in the number of heterosexual and...

Implementing a hosting model in general practice for adult nursing

In 2014, the publication of the Five Year Forward View (NHSE 2014) presented a significant policy shift; the main point of delivery for patient’ care and services moved from secondary to community and...

Research Roundup

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...