Adrenal insufficiency of patients with graft versus host disease treated with extracorporeal photopheresis

The aim of this case review was to ascertain the number of patients with adrenal insufficiency among those who have received ECP for GvHD and discontinued steroid treatment. ECP is a treatment that...

Progress on the introduction of supervisory ward manager roles since the Francis report recommendations

The past can teach contemporary nursing a great deal about improving the standard of care. The notion of a supervisory nurse leader is not new and is attributed to the work of Florence Nightingale and...

Impact of a compassionate care leadership programme

Coffey et al (in press) conducted a mixed-method systematic review to summarise evidence from 15 studies aimed at preparing nurses to lead on and/or deliver compassionate care. Studies reviewed were...

Non-medical prescribing of systemic anticancer therapy in a multidisciplinary team oncology clinic

As Lead Nurse of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Neuroendocrine Tumour Unit (a European Neuroendocrine Tumour Society (ENETS) centre of excellence), the author wanted to help improve the...

Improving men's health: successful initiatives and barriers to progress

‘Expectations to be self-sufficient, to act tough, to be physically attractive, to be heterosexual … and to use aggression to resolve conflict encourage men to take risks with their health’.

Back to nursing: new standards for return to practice programmes

Celebrating partnership working between the third sector and the NHS

Bliss was launched in 1979, initially to raise money for equipment such as incubators for premature babies and those requiring care in neonatal units. The charity has since provided much more than...

Safety and learning reports: an invaluable resource for healthcare staff

NHS Resolution (formerly the NHS Litigation Authority) has excellent patient safety and clinical negligence resources and learning materials, and should be viewed as a priority resource. The...

Should there be compulsory childhood immunisation?

The Health Secretary has recently suggested that the government would not rule out compulsory vaccinations in England to overcome the public health risk caused by lowered immunisation rates (Mohdin,...

Implementation of the Future Nurse standards in higher education

Contextualising NMC national strategy, Dr Elaine Inglesby Burke and Professor Margaret Rowe then described their experiences of developing and implementing a new undergraduate nursing curriculum based...

Hospital food: raise standards, cut costs

Gender-based violence

A best practice cost avoidance initiative

Antipyretic drugs in patients with fever and infection: literature review

A literature search was undertaken in July 2017 using both the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) and Medline databases (2010-2017). Keywords were searched, using...

A nurse-led rheumatology telephone advice line: service redesign to improve efficiency and patient experience

The RLBUHT rheumatology helpline was re-designed in September 2012 to align the service with RCN recommendations and address the concerns identified through the internal review..