The why and how of foot assessments in diabetes

Foot checks in people with diabetes were one of the casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic, and performance rates have still not returned to pre-pandemic levels. But they are essential if preventable amputations are to be avoided
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Going on the attack to eradicate asthma attacks forever

General practice nurses play an important role in asthma management and, with appropriate training, are in a key position to drive good quality care for people with asthma and to improve currently unacceptable outcomes
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Targets for glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes

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Diagnosis of heart failure

Heart failure is the leading cause of hospitalisations in the over 65s and has a high prevalence in patients attending for regular review of long term illnesses such as diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease (CKD). General practice nurses play a vital role in the management of patients with long term conditions, and are therefore in an ideal position to identify the early signs and symptoms of heart failure in patients that are most at risk of developing this condition.

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• Travel health update
• General practice: the seeds of discontent
• Practice Nurse bite-sized learning: Understanding chronic kidney disease
• Guidelines in a nutshell: NICE – draft guidance on asthma
• The why and how of foot assessments in diabetes
• Beyond the numbers:personalising care for people with long term conditions
• Metabolic liver disease – what you need to know and do

25 May 2024

Going on the attack to eradicate asthma attacks forever Lessons in asthma Improving the management of respiratory conditions in a primary school setting Setting up a spirometry hub Guidelines in a Nutshell: GINA 2024 How to improve long-term outcomes for people with asthma

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20 Mar 2024

COPD: the GOLD 2024 report Reducing cardiovascular risk: latest recommendations Measles – catching your death Bite-sized learning:Understanding Familial Hypercholesterolemia Allergic disease:diagnosis and management for general practice Optimising the nutritional status of patients with COPD

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1 Feb 2024

What links Cardiovascular-Renal-Metabolic conditions? Identifying and managing patients with bronchiectasis Practice Nurse Bite-Sized Learning: Understanding hypertriglyceridemia Travel health update New lipid targets at odds with international standards Telephone triage in primary care Independent Nurse – how does that work? Urgent need to put primary care at core of NHS

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22 Nov 2023

Mitigating risk – dealing with the ‘rookie factor’ in practice nursing Chronic Kidney Disease: diagnosis and management for general practice nurses Practice Nurse Bite-Sized Learning: Hypertension Holistic care for patients with a cancer diagnosis   Improving asthma care for children and young people Raising awareness of lung cancer in never-smokers Travel health update

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