COVID-19
Health visitors and school nurses should not be redeployed again, insists PHE
Hundreds of nurses working with vulnerable children and families were redeployed in March to assist with the pandemic response.
Clinical
Confusion over CPR during COVID is delaying life-saving treatment
The UK Resuscitation Council has set out how to do CPR with reduced risk to the bystander.
CQC to audit DNACPR use during the pandemic
In April the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the British Medical Association(BMA) condemned the use of so-called ‘blanked DNACPR...
Anticoagulated patients with COVID-19 symptoms need increased INR monitoring
A study has warned of elevated international normalised ratios in COVID patients. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)...
‘Long COVID’ sufferers to get help at specialist centres
Patients may still be experiencing symptoms more than three weeks after infection.
Half of doctors ‘not prepared to participate’ in assisted dying
Almost 29,000 doctors and medical students answered questions about their views on physician-assisted dying.
Maternity services experienced a major decline in ’emergency pregnancy appointments’ amid pandemic
90% of maternity services have had a decline in attended appointments due to the pandemic.
Government gives care home residents iPads in a bid to tackle loneliness
Residents can keep in touch with their loved ones to reduce the risk of loneliness.
Prescribers told to warn to patients about the risks of opioid dependence and addiction
A treatment plan must be developed, setting out how long the treatment should last.
Face shields alone offer little protection to COVID-19, finds study
Face shields block the initial forward motion but expelled droplets move around the visor.
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