The efficacy of smoke-free sites with little more than signage to instil concordance

It is also necessary to consider whether some trusts and health boards are simply installing signage and making token gestures to ostensibly comply with their nation's policies on promoting smoke-free...

COVID-19 complications in children

Letters to the Editor

I read with great interest Kirk and Bezzant's (2020) article drawing attention to the numerous barriers that prevent health professionals from screening women for domestic violence and abuse (DVA)....

Schools of nursing must represent UK diversity in their teaching programmes

Pandemic inspires innovative use of virtual simulation to teach practical skills

This teaching approach draws on experiential learning theory (Kolb, 2014) and uses transformational, pragmatic underpinnings of drama to develop nursing students' assessment and decision-making...

Evidence of social value in the Lindsay Leg Club® network: an evaluation

The evaluation lasted between 1 October 2019 and 15 January 2020. The data gathered consisted of 54 hours of observations in six UK Leg Clubs and plentiful conversations with people met in the Leg...

‘Trying to lead a normal life’: why patients may fail to adhere to leg ulcer treatment

It lasted for 8 dreadful years—three large, severe venous leg ulcers crippling both my legs. After unremitting NHS treatments, my carers brought about healing, and since then I have enjoyed 3 years...

Pressure Damage as an Indicator of the Quality of Care

Refreshing general practice

Providing end-of-life care in a Nightingale hospital

Being such a rapidly evolving field, there have been few publications looking into EoLC during the COVID-19 pandemic and there are no publications about patients receiving EoLC in a temporary hospital...

Ward Accreditation and organisational culture

A new approach to burnout?