Preparing for the flu season during the COVID-19 outbreak

With detailed planning, timely ordering and an effective system for our vaccination clinics, a simultaneous flu epidemic and potential COVID-19 resurgence is avoidable
Read more...

• Significant drop in public confidence in Government handling of pandemic
• Frequent prescribing of SABA alone still widespread
• Interim guidance on COVID-19 vaccination
• General practice in frontline for dealing with ‘long COVID’
• Excess deaths in UK ‘highest in Europe’
• First oral GLP-1 receptor agonist launched
• Very low calorie diet on NHS for overweight T2D patients
• Update on PPE use
• PCRS respiratory conference is going virtual
• Diagnosing respiratory symptoms during COVID-19: new advice

Seasonal Influenza Immunisation

This resource provides the background to seasonal influenza immunisation, and includes the definition of influenza, and details of influenza vaccines. It covers up-to-date information on who to vaccinate, which vaccines are available and how to administer them, the contraindications and adverse effects of influenza vaccines, how to manage egg allergy, and what information and advice should be provided to people receiving a vaccine.

Read more

On this site you will find:

CURRICULUM - Clinically rich, case-based, self-assessment CPD modules to help you prepare for revalidation. Click on the scrolling icons or select a module from the drop down menu to test your knowledge

ESSENTIALS - back-to-basics, full text articles, by clinical topic from our Primary Care Essentials series

PRESCRIBING NURSE - written for the nurse prescriber or those with an interest in prescribing and the medical management of clinical conditions

ADVANCED PRACTICE - Expert articles providing in depth knowledge of key therapeutic areas

CLINICAL A-Z - Information, definitions, Red Flags, live links to guidelines and relevant Practice Nurse articles

GUIDELINES IN A NUTSHELL - Brief summaries of essential clinical and practice guidelines

To access the Curriculum and full text articles you must be a subscriber

SUBSCRIBE NOW

• Travel health update
• Antimicrobial resistance: has anything changed?
• Diabetic kidney disease: diagnosis and management in primary care
• Sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors: the story continues
• Preparing for the flu season during the COVID-19 outbreak
• An update on tuberculosis

1 Jul 2020

Remote control: the respiratory annual review in lockdown and beyond The ethics of a pandemic Coronavirus: what should general practice nurses do next? Travel health update Digital solutions for primary care Becoming an effective leader Lifestyle, health and wellbeing – COVID-19 and beyond

---

20 May 2020

COVID-19, fake news and the role of the general practice nurse Caring for patients after COVID-19: a marathon, not a sprint Caring for vulnerable patients during the COVID-19 pandemic Prioritising workload during the pandemic Diabetes: the annual review in lockdown and beyond

---

10 Apr 2020

Working within the limits of your competence Caring for carers COVID-19: Managing patients with symptoms in the community Impact of coronavirus on professional life – how GPNs are coping COVID-19 and long term conditions: what’s the latest advice? Changing the way we work: virtual consultations now and in the future COVID-19: COPD Health equity COVID-19: Severe asthma

---

18 Mar 2020

Recognising and managing malnutrition in COPD The challenge of changing perceptions of practice nursing What lies beneath: diabetes and multi-morbidity What does the new GP contract mean for GPNs? Travel health update Care and support planning: A new approach for patients with long term conditions

---