Understaffing at a care home in Huddersfield has seen housekeeping staff ‘regularly’ asked to break from their cleaning responsibilities to assist residents with their meals. Aden House – which removed its nursing provision in October 2022 due to recruitment issues – has been kept in ‘special measures’ and rated ‘inadequate’ again following an inspection by... Read more The post Housekeeping staff ‘regularly’ assisting with meals at understaffed care home appeared first on Nursing in Practice ..read more

One in four people in England cite cost as the main reason for giving up smoking, a new study funded by Cancer Research UK has revealed. Researchers at University College London (UCL) found that health concerns were still a primary motive for over half of the people who want to stop smoking in England, but... Read more The post Cost increasingly important motive for quitting smoking appeared first on Nursing in Practice ..read more

People with a lower socioeconomic background were twice as likely to develop chronic pain following injury, a new study has found. In a systematic review of evidence, researchers from the University of Birmingham found that chronic pain was strongly associated with socioeconomic background. Other factors, such as a fear of movement, smoking and poorer support... Read more The post Chronic pain linked to socioeconomic background appeared first on Nursing in Practice ..read more

GP Dr Roger Henderson advises on what nurses in general practice need to be aware of when reviewing patients with rheumatoid arthritis Module summary Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that primarily affects the joints, although other organs may be affected. In autoimmune diseases like RA, the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s... Read more The post CPD: Reviewing patients with rheumatoid arthritis appeared first on Nursing in Practice ..read more

Women’s health hubs, which integrated care boards (ICBs) must commission by the summer, can be housed within GP surgeries, NHS England has said. ICBs will be expected to have at least one women’s health hub operational and providing clinical support against at least two core services (see box below) by the end of July, according... Read more The post GP surgeries can house women’s health hubs, says NHS England appeared first on Nursing in Practice ..read more

Continuing our series of highlights from Nursing in Practice 365 events, nurse specialist in mental health Leila Khan shares insights on assessing and supporting people presenting with suicidal ideation in primary care Nurses in primary care will inevitably encounter patients in mental distress who are having thoughts of suicide. This ranges from people experiencing a... Read more The post Managing suicidal ideation in primary care appeared first on Nursing in Practice ..read more

GP Dr Roger Henderson advises on what nurses in general practice need to be aware of when reviewing patients with rheumatoid arthritis Module summary Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder that primarily affects the joints, although other organs may be affected. In autoimmune diseases like RA, the immune system mistakenly attacks the body’s... Read more The post CPD: In review – rheumatoid arthritis appeared first on Nursing in Practice ..read more

General practice nurses (GPNs) could be enabled to complete health declarations for prospective childminders under new government proposals. The Department for Education (DfE) said widening the range of healthcare professionals who can complete health checks could ‘speed up the process and in some cases remove the burden on GPs’. The proposal comes as part of... Read more The post Proposal for GPNs to carry out health checks for new childminders appeared first on Nursing in Practice ..read more

Specialist nurses are heading on tour to raise awareness of the risks and symptoms of heart failure. Those working at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust will be travelling on a community bus and visiting local areas to talk to the public about heart failure later this month. They are campaigning as part of... Read more The post Specialist nurses take to the road with heart failure awareness campaign appeared first on Nursing in Practice ..read more

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said it will ‘closely’ monitor the implementation of a delayed pay rise for general practice nurses (GPNs) in Northern Ireland. The Department of Health in Northern Ireland has confirmed to Nursing in Practice that health minister Robin Swann has ‘approved funding’ for a 6% increase for general practice... Read more The post RCN ‘closely monitoring’ delayed pay rise for GPNs in Northern Ireland appeared first on Nursing in Practice ..read more