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Achieving palliative care access for all: a lens on Scotland

It is evident that there was a marked increase in palliative care research studies being conducted in Scotland (Finucane et al, 2018), although only four addressed children's issues. Most of the...

Healthy scepticism

‘… biases have consequences, including the danger that they may result in misleading estimates of treatment effects, so that clinicians overestimate the relative efficacy of a treatment, which is...

Community nursing placements: student learning experiences during a pandemic and beyond

One area that has continued to raise particular challenges in community nursing is maintaining the level of student learning capacity, supervision and assessment to the extent of pre-pandemic levels....

Addressing nutrition in the road map of recovery for those with long COVID-19

COVID-19 has shone a light on the poor state of the health of our nation. Those severely affected by COVID-19 have comprised some of the most vulnerable members of the population with the poorest...

Promoting health and wellbeing across community nursing teams: role of the specialist practitioner district nurse

Public Health England (PHE) highlighted that mental health and wellbeing promotion should be advocated by all healthcare professionals. One-in-six adults will experience some form of mental health...

Addressing the gender gap in urinary continence care

Urinary incontinence is defined by the International Continence Society (ICS) as ‘any involuntary leakage of urine’ (Abrams et al, 2003; Haylen et al, 2010). Prevalence figures depend on definitions...

Impact of a wound management system on budget optimisation, formulary compliance and variations in care

Formeo was launched in CHCP in July 2019, with full implementation support from the Smith+Nephew regional team. A comprehensive training plan was rolled out across Hull and East Riding to ensure...

Towards a greater understanding of the psychosocial impact of the symptoms of pituitary conditions

Some 1062 individuals (53% response rate) responded to the survey (683 female, 366 male, 13 undeclared), with most residing in England (861; 93%). Of these responses, 567 were in pen-and-paper format...

Role of the community nurse in Parkinson's disease and lower urinary disorders

Parkinson's disease is caused by a loss of the dopaminergic neurons in the pars compacta of the substantia nigra (SNpc), which is part of the basal ganglia. Dopamine plays a vital role in regulating...

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