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Challenging health consumerism

Nurses could learn a lot from Lucozade, writes Heather Henry. As patients have become more like consumers of health, perhaps a different nursing approach is needed?

New MenB vaccination programmes are first in the world

England has become the first country in the world to begin a nationally funded MenB immunisation programme.

Carers’ health needs support from primary care nurses

District and community nurses should assess the health of carers as well as patients, after ONS figures revealed that providing unpaid care negatively impacts general health.

COPD may be over diagnosed under new guidelines

As many as 13% of people who are told that they have Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) may be misdiagnosed under NICE guidelines for the condition.

Health visitor target just missed

Provisional figures from the end of the Health Visitor Implementation Plan, which aimed to have 4200 extra health visitors in post by 2015, was missed by 215.

‘Vital’ for nurses to encourage children’s exercise

Nurses must promote physical activity in children to improve their health outcomes, a leading nursing figure has said after a study by the BHF revealed that approximately just a fifth of children...

Top 5 clinical articles on supporting health in the summer

The high temperatures and travelling associated with summer can lead to a variety of health issues. IN presents a selection of the best clinical articles to help nurses manage the season's impact.

Nursing education funding an 'inconsistent patchwork'

Funding for nursing education needs to be urgently reconsidered say healthcare education professionals.

Nurses must ensure patients understand heatwave risks

Nurses and other healthcare professionals should ensure that patients are adequately informed about the risks of the current heatwave in England, PHE has said.

New guidance for iron deficiency anaemia

The RCN has launched new guidance to help nurses manage people with iron deficiency anaemia (IDA).

Test could reduce unnecessary prescriptions by 10 million

A new test could reduce the number of antibiotics prescribed unnecessarily by as many as 10 million each year, according to a report published by a group of prescribing experts.

Community nurses lack information about revalidation

Health visitors, school nurses and public health nurses are concerned that they have not been given enough information about revalidation.

Nurses have a duty to speak up about poor practice

All nurses, midwives and doctors have a professional duty to raise concerns about possible failing in the provision of care, as part of new guidance released by the NMC and the GMC.

Palliative pain relief suffers in community settings

Community palliative care services are not as effective in relieving pain at the end of life compared to other settings, a report by PHE's National End of Life Care Intelligence Network.

RCN must challenge 'attack' on unsocial hours pay

During the debates at RCN Congress, Richard Beauchamp from the RCN Essex branch proposed that the government should not attack unsocial hours pay.

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