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Any Qualified Provider: facilitating patient choice
Any Qualified Provider allows patients to choose the service or treatment they feel best suits their needs; an AQP pack was developed to aid implementation of the process
'I should not have had to be the one to decide if I needed to stay in hospital'
Denise Beach has asthma. She outlines her problems in accessing appropriate treatment in accident and emergency
End-of-life care for people with urological cancer
As the majority of patients with urological cancers die in hospital, urology and continence nurses have an important role to play in the end-of-life care team
Managing obesity in adults
Obesity poses a serious risk to health. This review gives an introduction to, and taster of, our newly launched Nursing Times Learning unit on obesity management in adults
The development process for a new spacer device
The second article in a two-part series on the use of spacers to treat asthma in children describes the development of a child friendly spacer
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Inhaler spacer devices to treat asthma in children
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Responsible prescribing for asthma and COPD
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Evidence on NSAID use in soft tissue injuries
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Opioids in palliative care: the NICE guidance
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Benefits of cognitive stimulation for people with dementia
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Managing upper gastrointestinal acute bleeding
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Measuring body temperature
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Better communication within care home services
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Peripheral arterial disease: diagnosis and management
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A reading group in acute mental healthcare
News
Ginger 'helps alleviate asthma'
Spicing up asthma medications with ginger may make them more effective, a study has shown.
New hayfever treatment launched
A novel nasal spray formulation of fluticasone propionate and azelastine hydrochloride has been launched in the UK for relief of symptoms of moderate to severe seasonal and perennial allergic rhinitis.
WHO warns of threat from new virus
World Health Organization has warned that the emergence of a new coronavirus represents a “major challenge” for the world as well as the countries currently affected.
Nurses commuting further than five years ago
Nurses now travel further and spend longer on their daily commutes compared to five years ago, according to a survey.
Charity challenges public to cut 100 calories a day
Consuming an extra glass of wine or half a bag of crisps a day can cause a person to gain almost 5kg (11lb) over a year, experts said.
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Fresh call for minimum nurse-patient ratio
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Overnight out-of-hours GP service 'manned by nurses', claims whistleblower
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More measles outbreaks 'a real possibility' in Wales
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New asthma inhaler launched
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UK behind in pregnancy stakes
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RCGP sets competency levels for practice nurses
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New NHS 111 advice line still 'fragile'
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C. diff link to patient deaths at Scottish hospital
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New type 2 diabetes drug launched
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Lack of nurses ‘could hamper’ vaccine drives
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David Foster: 'Nurses and midwives should suggest colleagues for honours'
There is a great deal of satisfaction to be gained from seeing your nominee listed in the Queen’s new year and birthday honours, says David Foster
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Are techniques used for intramuscular injection based on research evidence?
This article debates the evidence surrounding the nursing procedure of administering intramuscular injections
Behind the Headlines
High UK child death rates unfairly blamed on GPs
“Almost 2,000 British children a year die from ‘avoidable’ causes because family doctors lack training in paediatric care,” The Independent alarmingly claims.
