All Nurse articles
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NICE guidelineNICE gout guideline
Covering diagnosis, management, and referral to specialist services
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NICE guideline
NICE managing COVID-19 guideline
Summary of NICE guidance on the management of COVID-19 in children, young people, and adults in primary care settings
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BMS, RCOG, and SfE publish joint position statement on menopause care
The statement focuses on considerations for hormone replacement therapy, with evidence and recommendations on the benefit/risk profile of different options
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PHE/DH/DWP guideline
UKHSA monkeypox guidance
Providing information and advice for healthcare professionals on monkeypox. Includes vaccination recommendations and a useful contact tracing table
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Guidance card
Liraglutide 6 mg/ml solution for injection in pre-filled pen (Saxenda®) SMC2455
Information intended for UK healthcare professionals only. The production of this Guidelines card has been commissioned by Novo Nordisk Limited.
View Saxenda® (liraglutide 3 mg) Great Britain and Northern Ireland prescribing information and adverse event reporting information.
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Consensus statement on monkeypox published
As cases rise, the UK’s public health agencies have published a consensus statement about preventing and treating monkeypox
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World No Tobacco Day 2022—poisoning our planet
Taking place on 31 May, the focus of World No Tobacco Day this year is on the environmental impact of the tobacco industry
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Working party guideline/algorithm
Best practice treatment and management of patients with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and heart failure
This management algorithm was developed by a multidisciplinary expert panel: Javaid et al with the support of an educational grant from AstraZeneca. Information intended for UK healthcare professionals.
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New guidance published on eating-disorder-related medical emergencies
New RCP guidance covers the recognition and management of medical emergencies in eating disorders, as hospitalisations rise significantly
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10-year plan to tackle dementia announced
A new 10-year plan to tackle dementia and boost neurodegenerative disease research will be published later in the year
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Four more monkeypox cases in UK bring total to seven
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has announced a further four cases of monkeypox in the UK
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Robotic surgery improves patient recovery times and is safer, finds new study
A recent clinical trial revealed faster recovery times for patients when bladder cancer removal and reconstruction was done with robot-assisted surgery
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NICE recommends combination drug for women with uterine fibroids
Approximately 4500 women with uterine fibroids will be eligible to receive the drug
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NHS staffing should pre-empt the changing medical needs of the UK
NHS staffing and training need to be more ‘fluid’ in response to the health needs of the nation, said a speaker at a meeting of the Health and Social Care Committee on 11 May
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GPs only refer one in 33 people eligible for weight-management programmes
Eligible young White men are the least likely to be referred for weight-management programmes, researchers have found
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Fourth mRNA vaccine dose shown to give ‘substantial’ immunity boost
A new study from the COV-BOOST trial has found that a fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine provides a substantial boost to both antibody and cellular immunity
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Mental Health Awareness Week 2022: loneliness
Taking place from 9 to 15 May, the focus this year is on raising awareness of the impact of loneliness on our mental health and the practical steps we can take to address it
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Patient-reported outcomes ‘must be more inclusive to avoid health inequalities’
Patient-reported outcomes need to be collected from all sections of the population to prevent inequalities in healthcare, researchers say
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WHO publishes a global report on infection prevention and control
The report gives a situation analysis of IPC programmes across the world, including data from recent World Health Organization research
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NHS England and NHS Improvement asks staff considering retirement to stay on
A letter to hospital trusts urges staff across the workforce considering retirement to stay and assist efforts to clear the backlog of long-waiting patients
