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A rapid response and treatment service for care homes: a case study

The RRaT service provided by the Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust (BHFT) is commissioned by the Berkshire West Clinical Commissioning Group and has been chosen as one of the seven ‘accelerator’...

Implications of a US study on infection prevention and control in community settings in the UK

The full methods for each component of the programme of work have been described elsewhere (Russell et al, 2018; Dowding et al, 2020; McDonald et al, 2020). Mixed methods, comprising of a survey of...

Teaching patients clean intermittent self-catheterisation: key points

Guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) (2012a; 2012b) recommends that, whenever possible, intermittent catheterisation should be considered for its benefits..

COVID-19: it happens to nurses too—a case study

This single case study focuses on the admission and discharge of discharge of a nurse who was also a patient during the COVID-19 pandemic. To maintain confidentiality, a pseudonym has been created,...

A COVID-19 vaccine—dare to dream

The global and national restrictive measures in place to reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 and to prevent the excessive demand for secondary and specialist life support include closures of...

Clinical nurse specialist's role in young-onset dementia care

Investigation of the clinical nurse specialist role formed part of a broader study to examine health professionals' perspectives on YoD care. A full description of the methodology is reported...

Best practice for chronic oedema in community settings: what can we learn?

The guidance reflects the changing emphasis of the NHS and its provision on personalised care, and how that can be achieved (NHS England, 2019). There is also an increased emphasis on self-management,...

Weight loss interventions as an option for a lifestyle treatment in urinary incontinence

This Cochrane systematic review undertook a comprehensive search of the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials and MedLine using a previously validated search procedure from date of inception...

Status of vaccine development for COVID-19

The first vaccine in the world that was deemed to be effective in preventing COVID-19 was developed by Pfizer and German biotechnology firm BioNTech, showing a >90% protection rate. It was tested on...

Is altruism dying?

‘Poignantly, the development of the COVID-19 vaccines is wholly dependent on volunteers from across the world participating in the various vaccine trials to test both the safety and efficacy of the...

Mental health impact of admission to the intensive care unit for COVID-19

The number of survivors from ICU admissions is growing (Kondakci et al, 2018). Prescott and Girard (2020) found that 80% of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 and 60% who were admitted to ICU...

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