Practice Nurse articles from November 2004

Practice Nurse archives from November 2004

CMO advises GPs to record consent for child vaccinations.(Chief Medical Officer)(Brief Article)
November 26, 2004... PRACTICE nurses and GPs are putting themselves at risk by not recording consent for childhood immunisations, according to the Medical Protection Society (MPS). An MPS survey has found that more than a quarter of GP practices have no record of...

Cervical cancer vaccine could mean fewer smears.(Brief Article)
November 26, 2004... A new vaccine against the human papillomavirus that causes cervical cancer might be just a few years away following successful trials in the US, Canada and Brazil. In trial reported in the Lancet, 1,113 women aged between 15 and 25 years...

Congratulations to Claire and Fiona!(Brief Article)
November 26, 2004... As you'll see from our special Awards coverage in your journal today (starting on p28), we are delighted finally to be able to announce the winners of Practice Nurse of the Year 2004. And that's not a printing error -- we really do have two...

DoH addresses vaccine packaging.(Department of Health advises on vaccine confusion)(Brief Article)
November 26, 2004... The Department of Health has written to GP practices highlighting concerns about the confusing packaging of the new childhood vaccines Repevax and Revaxis. Earlier this month Practice Nurse highlighted practice nurses' concerns that the...

Practice nurses to provide prostate cancer counselling.
November 26, 2004... Practice nurses are to play a greater role in counselling men who are worried about prostate cancer. The Department of Health (DoH) is recommending that practice nurses take on this responsibility because their role in chronic disease...

Stating the obvious.
November 26, 2004... What is it with research? It seems to me that as soon as anything new is published these days, everyone is gagging to change their practice in the name of evidence-based medicine. All on the whim of some lofty academics who wouldn't recognise...

White Paper on Public Health welcomed.
November 26, 2004... PRACTICE nurses have welcomed the Government's White Paper on Public Health and its package of measures to encourage people to achieve healthier lifestyles. Although some commentators savaged the Government's failure to completely ban smoking...

Diabetes.(patient education)
November 26, 2004... Sponsor: Novo Nordisk Winners: Claire Rowell (pictured) and Fiona Rowlandson, Brookside Group Practice, Early, Reading Project: Setting up group education session for people newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, their families and their...

hrt -- where are we now?(hormone replacement therapy)
November 26, 2004... Key points e Around the menopause, 70-80% of women present with symptoms including hot flushes, night sweats and atrophy of the urogenital epithelium e Hormone replacement therapy effectively treats menopausal symptoms, and may also be...

in brief.(Brief Article)
November 26, 2004... Safer pregnancy Pregnancy is now much safer for most women in the UK but risks are raised for vulnerable and socially excluded women. This includes those who find it difficult to attend antenatal care and those with lifestyle problems such as...

in brief.(Brief Article)
November 26, 2004... Vitamin E risk Elderly patients who take high dose vitamin E supplements, in excess of 400 international units, are risking premature death, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. They analysed 19 major clinical...

pneumococcal vaccination for older people: planning a nurse-led campaign.
November 26, 2004... In August of 2003, the Department of Health revised its policy on pneumococcal vaccination, extending eligibility beyond previous at-risk groups (Figure 1) to everyone aged 80 years or older. From 1 April 2004 those aged 75 and over became...

pulmonary rehabilitation for practice nurses.
November 26, 2004... Key points e Pulmonary rehabilitation is a successful healthcare intervention in the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease e It combines exercise and education for patients and their families or carers e Practice nurses can take...

stress urinary; incontinence.
November 26, 2004... Joanna Lumb, freelance writer Although people seem willing nowadays to talk about all manner of sensitive topics, incontinence is still something of an exception. The Continence Foundation describes continence problems as one of the last...

And in your own time.(Brief Article)
November 12, 2004... A recurrent theme from all the meetings that I've recently had with practice nurses -- especially those finalists we've been judging for the Sharing Good Practice Awards -- has been the huge amount of work that gets done in their own time....

Announcing our finalists in the Travel Health category.
November 12, 2004... The shortlisted practice nurses in the 'Travel Health' category of the Sharing Good Practice Awards are... Beverley Crapper A team of practice nurses, led by Beverley Crapper, was awarded funding by the local Primary Care Trust, to...

Diabetes bus takes screening to Slough.
November 12, 2004... Nurses are hitting the road as part of a Government-funded project to raise awareness of diabetes and identify the thousands of people who are unaware they have the condition. They have boarded an 'Action Diabetes' bus that is touring Slough...

Have a nice day!
November 12, 2004... During a recent visit to family Stateside, I was struck once more by the differences between our great cultures. Over there, if catch someone's eye, or even openly stare at them, you are usually greeted with a cheery "Hi! How are YOU?" and a...

MPs report on allergy services.(health committee report)(Brief Article)
November 12, 2004... Millions of allergy sufferers are being failed by the NHS, says a report by the all-party Commons health committee. The MPs found that GPs fail to diagnose the condition and are often ignorant of treatment options. They also highlight a...

National bowel cancer screening programme.(Brief Article)
November 12, 2004... A [pounds sterling]37.5 million national screening programme for bowel cancer will be rolled out across the country from April 2006, the Government has announced. This will be the first cancer screening programme in England for both men and...

Nurses fear new vaccines muddle.(similar names could mean medication errors)
November 12, 2004... Some practice nurses fear that the packaging and brand names of the new childhood vaccines Repevax and Revaxis are so similar that they could easily lead to mistakes. Repevax, the new combined dTaP/IPV pre-school booster immunisation for...

One-fifth of women still not checking for breast cancer.(Brief Article)
November 12, 2004... One woman in five never checks her breasts for signs of breast cancer and women in London are the most complacent, according to research by the charity Macmillan Cancer Relief. More worryingly, the survey also found that across Britain only...

Practice-based commissioning.
November 12, 2004... A new Government initiative called 'practice-based commissioning', which goes live from 2005, is set to have a major impact on primary care and bring new challenges for practice nurses. From next year every general practice that wishes to...

Texts tell teens to take Pill.(daily message reminder)(Brief Article)
November 12, 2004... Young girls who use oral contraceptives are being reminded to take their Pill by a daily text message in a bid to reduce teenage pregnancies. The scheme has been launched by South Birmingham Primary Care Trust's teenage pregnancy service, and...

In focus.(scalp conditions )
November 12, 2004... 1 - Infantile seborrhoeic eczema (cradle cap) Cradle cap is common in the first few weeks of life and can affect the face, axillae and nappy area. The ill-defined areas are pink and eczematous and covered in a fine scale. Yellow crusts are...

obesity.
November 12, 2004... More than half of all UK adults are now overweight. Helping your patients to achieve a healthy lifestyle has never been more important Nerys Williams MBCHS, MRCGP, FFOM, FRCP, Consultant Occupational Physician, Birmingham, and Honorary...