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If we won’t help our nurses, who will?

John Orchard, chief executive at Cavell Nurses' Trust, asks who is there to help nurses seeking support?

Personalised care is the way forward for nurses

Chief executive of the Queen's Nursing Institute, Crystal Oldman, explains how personalised care will benefit the profession

Taking on the Wheeze Monsters

Heather Henry details why she is teaching children about their asthma using storytelling and play

Why more men should consider a career as a practice nurse

Thomas Buckley argues that it is time for more male nurses to make the jump to general practice

Latest clinical research

Mark Greener rounds up the latest papers and reports relevant to primary care nurses

Maintaining or improving nutrition and hydration in dysphagia

Linda Nazarko explains how nurses can ensure that patients with dysphagia do not become malnourished

Diagnosis and management of gonorrhoea in primary care

With cases of gonorrhoea on the rise, Simon Browes shares best practice for prevention and diagnosis

Understanding Cow’s Milk Protein Allergy in primary care

Hetal Dhruve explains what nurses need to know about diagnosing and treating this allergy

Update on renal disease in diabetic patients in primary care

David Morris details complications in the kidneys that diabetes can cause, and how best to manage them

Calls for buffer zones around abortion clinics rejected

Home secretary Sajid Javid has rejected calls to create buffer zones around abortion clinics across the UK as it ‘would not be an appropriate response.’

NHS in ‘national emergency’ over staff shortages

New figures from NHS Improvement reveal that the NHS staffing crisis is worsening, with nursing experiencing the most severe shortages

Practice nurses make up less than 4% of primary care complaints

Nurses in general practice only received 3.9% of the total complaints made in primary care settings in the past year, according to data from NHS Digital

Initial findings from pay deal review released

An independent external review found a ‘lack of leadership’ in the RCN when enforcing a communication strategy

New fitness-to-practise approach launched by NMC

New arrangements have been introduced to fitness-to-practise processes against nurses and midwives which allow them to show they’ve learned from their mistakes

New app for general practice

Pilot sites for a new app for the NHS have been announced by the health secretary at the NHS Expo in Manchester

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