Greener Respiratory Healthcare: A Call To Action

With everything that has happened over the last 12 months – and with continuing, soaring, COVID-19 infection and death rates – it is easy to lose sight of another global threat: the climate emergency. Here we examine what GPNs can do to contribute to ‘greener’ healthcare
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• NICE approves dapagliflozin for heart failure
• Herd immunity may not be possible even with high vaccine uptake
• Funding boost for nurse helpline
• PCRS launches toolkit to improve respiratory care
• Survey reveals psychological burden in asthma
• Short term low carbohydrate diet linked to remission of type 2 diabetes
• Mass vaccination programme ramped up despite initial delivery problems
• Coronavirus update
• Ongoing symptoms affect majority of COVID patients
• Tier 1 ‘didn’t work’ and tier allocation ‘too slow’

Sleep apnoea: assessment and management

Sleep apnoea is almost certainly under recognised and under diagnosed in primary care. This resource outlines the background, common features and the role of the practice nurse in assessment and management of the condition

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• Travel health update
• Obesity for general practice nurses
• GOLD guidelines 2021 – what do you need to know?
• Greener Respiratory Healthcare: A Call To Action
• COVID-19, long term conditions and mental health
• Most practices advised to stop non-essential work

9 Dec 2020

COVID-19 vaccination: what do we know? Advance care planning Success in heart failure – new evidence, new approaches Admiral Nursing case management in primary care Guidelines in a nutshell: The 2021 GOLD report Managing the long-term effects of COVID-19

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18 Nov 2020

Diabetic foot problems Testosterone deficiency and the practice nurse Sleep apnoea: assessment and management Reducing health inequalities for people with learning disabilities Integrating ‘best evidence’ into general practice nursing Upskilling healthcare assistants to ease diabetes review workload

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15 Oct 2020

Long COVID – what should primary care be doing? Patient Unmet Needs (PUNs) and Professional Education Needs (PENs): Using reflective practice to identify your learning needs Self Care Week 2020: supporting patients to 'self care for life' Influenza vaccine technologies: an update Practice Nurse Quick Guide: Influenza immunisation 2020-21 Safeguarding children: how primary care audit can help us do it better

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4 Sep 2020

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

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