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We can add to the long list the Francis report (2013). Chapter 3 of the first volume deals with complaints and in the conclusion the following telling statement highlights the inherent power imbalance...
There is clearly a wide range of considerations in the history due to the variety of pathologies that can present. These will be explored in more depth in the next article, together with discussion of...
Chest pain is a common complaint, comprising up to 25% of emergency department attendances (Byrne, 2014). Not all of these will have a cardiac complaint; however, it is crucial to recognise important...
In the UK, the professional orthopaedic community has been supporting the development of advanced practitioners involved in the care of patients with a joint replacement and guidelines for follow-up...
Multidisciplinary working is vital to proactively manage the nutritional care of oncology patients, whether this is via oral nutritional support or prophylactic/reactive enteral feeding..
The decreasing effectiveness of antimicrobials is a significant problem for the clinical management of many conditions, including the treatment of wounds. It is therefore unsurprising that the...
In 2020, Cancer Research UK (CRUK) held an education and networking event in Birmingham as part of its ongoing Excellence in Research Programme aimed at supporting and further developing the CRN role...
Three products were developed as part of the LCAV framework to support colleagues to lead transformational change:.
Concerns about the dangers of SACT began to emerge in the 1970s when second malignancies were first reported in cancer patients treated with alkylating agents, explained Dr Melissa McDiarmid,...
To effectively manage AI's integration in nursing, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2023) has emphasised the need for robust regulatory frameworks and enhanced expertise. This aligns with the...