AMR: effective infection prevention and control measures

As a result of AMR, standard treatments become ineffective and infections persist and may spread to others. The O'Neill (2016a) report estimated that by 2050, 10 million lives a year and a cumulative...

Vaccination uptake and information for parents

It is recommended by the European Region of WHO that UK coverage for all routine childhood vaccinations should achieve a 95% uptake rate (WHO, 1999). Not only does this provide direct protection for...

Building resilience in contemporary nursing practice

The NHS Staff and Learners' Mental Wellbeing Commission (Health Education England (HEE), 2019) reported that further research is needed into the causes of distress, fatigue, self-harm and suicide...

Infection control and technology in microbe-enriched environments

‘With microbe-enriched environments being the rule rather than the exception in healthcare, where patients and health professionals are in close proximity to each other, the possibility of...

Smoking to end by 2030: a feasible possibility?

Current issues facing 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...

Caring for your migrant patients and providing for their needs

Migrants come to the UK for a variety of reasons, but most commonly they come to work, study or accompany family members. According to the most recent estimates, the leading countries of origin of...

Assessment of frailty in Alzheimer's: a literature review

While age-related cognitive dysfunction has long been the subject of studies, such as the Geriatric Giants study (Isaacs, 1965), definitions have not considered cognitive frailty to be consistent with...

Urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse in primary care

There may be considerable variation across CCGs and in primary and secondary care with regards to formulary restrictions. Dependent on formulary rules, some practices may restrict the number of drugs...

Social prescribing in practice: community-centred approaches

Personalised care promotes the health professional to consider the ‘person’ as opposed to the ‘patient’ (NHS England, 2018). In doing so, the person's needs are placed central to decision-making,...

Polypharmacy perspectives in general practice environments

One of the challenges in discussing polypharmacy, and the related medication safety implications, is that the term lacks a universally accepted definition (Cadogan et al, 2016). The term...

Why we need to keep talking about weight and its role in cancer prevention

Extra body fat doesn't just sit in the body, it's active, and can affect growth, metabolism and reproductive hormones..