Patient safety warning issued over the rapid drainage of pleural effusion fluid from chest drains
Investigations revealed that staff did not always expect large quantities of pleural fluid to drain.
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One-to-one nursing care for intensive care patients suspended
The move comes amid rising concerns that hospitals and intensive care units will become overwhelmed.
New guidance permits care home visits ‘through windows’ or in secure ‘pods’
The document suggests that video calls should be used where other options are not available.
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.
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.
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