Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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<p>The increased need for a system of assessment, intervention and care that is not based on in-person visits is being recognised.
<p>Popular in geographical expanses of Canada, America and Australia where rurally-based patients require distance care, nurse telephone triaging is now on the increase in
<p>This summer NICE will be seeking consultation on its final draft of guidance for a group of relatively uncommon tumours known as sarcomas.
<p>Sex remains an important contributor to quality of life in many patients with chronic illness and their partners.
<p>Several recent government initiatives are designed to facilitate patient and public involvement in the development of new services.
<p>A woman diagnosed with breast cancer at Mayday University NHS Trust (MUH) embarks on her cancer journey with the help of two guides: the MUH breast unit handbook and th
<p>Many complications can occur following a bone marrow transplantation including that of opportunistic fungal infections such as aspergillus.
<p>In English law, a doctor is required to issue a certificate detailing the cause of death.
<p>While approximately 80 per cent of patients with colorectal cancer have sporadic disease, the remaining 20 per cent appear to have a genetic or familial component to th
<p>Cancer and its treatment can have a profound negative effect on a patient’s quality of life, but there is significant evidence to show that rehabilitation can significa
<p>Communicating a diagnosis of lung cancer involves the delivery of highly complex information to a poor prognostic group.
<p>This article examines the role of bisphosphonates in the management of patients with cancer who have bone metastases.
<p>The potential for improving nurses’ communication skills is often limited by nurses and other health professionals lack of motivation to use such skills effectively.
<p>Malignant fistula formation is a rare but serious and distressing sequel of cancer and its treatment. Guidance on care and treatment of women with malignant fistulae is offered based on an audit of current practice and analysis of the available literature.</p>
<p>Patient and public involvement is key to understanding how cancer services can be improved and developed. This article reports on user and carer involvement in a project looking at services for teenagers and young adults in the Central South Coast Cancer Network.
<p>Whilst in the UK, there has been no shortage of breast cancer support groups for women, there are comparatively few support groups for men with prostate cancer, often regarded as a similar disease in terms of trajectory.
<p>The use of chemotherapy as a treatment option has increased in recent decades and is currently predicted to rise at around 7 per cent per annum within the West Anglia Cancer Network.
<p>Nurse led care is expanding. In particular nurse led follow-up has a substantial body of evidence to support its development (Campbell et al 1999; Corner 1997).
