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Following the science

‘Perhaps we need to learn to manage uncertainty and accept that not all actions can be based on ‘evidence’, because the evidence and scientific knowledge, including the impact of full lockdowns...

Shared electronic care coordination systems following referral to hospice

This study was a mixed-method service evaluation including case note reviews of new referrals to a hospice CSPCT and semi-structured interviews with CNSs..

A mirror image: experiences of informal carers caring for frail, older persons at risk from falling

The findings are presented as verbatim quotes used to illustrate each theme with pseudonyms assigned to each informal carer..

COVID-19 vaccination in the UK: is it time to celebrate?

COVID-19 is truly a global phenomenon: as of 16 January 2021, 92 262 621 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported, and there is no continent, country or territory that remains unaffected (World...

Aerosol-generating procedures in home care

COVID-19 is a novel, or new, coronavirus (World Health Organization (WHO), 2020). Coronaviruses are named after the crown-like spikes that cover their surface (Centers for Disease Control, 2019), and...

British Lymphology Society's EveryBodyCan campaign: 2021 relaunch

Empowering patients to undertake preventative strategies and support for self-care have never been more important. There are six main elements to reducing the risk of lymphoedema and self-management...

‘Teaching: individual’ to improve adherence in hypertension and type 2 diabetes

This study was a single-blind, randomised clinical trial with a two-arm, parallel-group design. Participants were medically diagnosed with hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus, were recruited...

Community nurses' support for patients with fibromyalgia who use cannabis to manage pain

‘I attempted suicide … It's just going to get worse and worse and worse, and living with that feeling and the knowledge that there's nothing I can do that makes it better … the only way I can't be...

Frailty and the need for palliative care

It is to the benefit of patients if all services worked together, and, where two services (e.g. CGA and palliative care) have much in common, that the needs of the patient at the time determine who...

Coronavirus: the science behind infection control and human exposure

To cause disease in an animal, including humans, viruses require host specificity, which dictates the reservoir and host susceptibility to invasion. Influenza and coronaviruses enter the human body...

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