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Research Roundup

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...

The importance of celebrating GPNs this summer

‘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...

Specialist nurse declares pandemic preparations ‘inadequate’ at COVID inquiry

The UK government planned for the wrong pandemic, didn't act on learnings from previous outbreaks and failed to prepare the right protective equipment for respiratory infections like COVID-19,...

Streptococcal infections (Strep A) in primary care settings

Infections caused by Strep A typically come in waves and in previous years outbreaks have occurred around March to April (McKechnie 2022). However, in December 2022, there was a reported increase in...

Pulmonary rehabilitation – an essential part of respiratory care

Pulmonary rehabilitation is an exercise and education programme designed for people with lung disease who experience symptoms of breathlessness (NHS England, 2020). PR is primarily an evidence-based...

Public Health Collaboration Conference

From the United States, professor of cell biology Benjamin Bikman of Utah's Brigham Young University, considered the role of insulin resistance – defined as a reduced response to the hormone insulin –...

Research Roundup

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that adults perform ≥150min/week of moderate-intensity equivalent aerobic physical activity and ≥2 episodes/week of muscle-strengthening activities....

Tools, guidance and key events for general practice nurses

This King's Fund will provide practical guidance and expert insight into the primary care access plan which marks the first step towards the vision in Fuller Stocktake. Attendees of this conference...

Practice nurses need a fair deal too

‘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...

RCN to ballot members on further strike action

The RCN has written to Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay to inform him that the union will ballot its 280,000 members in England's NHS over further strike action to be held between June...

Identifying and managing osteoporosis: a role for nurses

The NICE quality standards cover priority areas in the management of osteoporosis in adults. (NICE 2017) The four quality statements will provide a framework for the remainder of this article:.

Research Roundup

Spinal cord injury (SCI) causes functional, psychological, and socioeconomic losses, with long-term secondary complications such as bowel management playing an important role in the maintenance of...

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