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We are not out of the woods yet

‘It will require the NHS and its staff, in addition to persuasive information campaigns, to promote yet another mass vaccination effort during the autumn, so that as many of the potentially vulnerable...

Growing old and tired?

‘The retention of older district nurses within the workforce will be critical for retaining wisdom and expertise as well as for educating new and replacement registered nurses entering community...

Constipation should be managed

‘Community nurses can make the difference to their clients' lives by building on their existing strong rapport to engage in intimate professional conversations so that constipation can be identified...

Healthy scepticism

‘… biases have consequences, including the danger that they may result in misleading estimates of treatment effects, so that clinicians overestimate the relative efficacy of a treatment, which is...

Long-term pain control

‘More deaths than previously have been caused by tramadol, codeine, dihydrocodeine and oxycodone, with concerns that the lockdown will have resulted in more stop-gap analgesia prescriptions from GPs...

Retaining the best

‘… it will be especially important to maintain consistent public health messaging about the personal and societal value of COVID-19 and influenza vaccinations and other protective measures'. .

Not resuscitating older people

‘The growing success of the COVID-19 mass vaccination programme is a reason for optimism, but older people will continue to reach the end of their lives because of infections, progressive organ...

Following the science

‘Perhaps we need to learn to manage uncertainty and accept that not all actions can be based on ‘evidence’, because the evidence and scientific knowledge, including the impact of full lockdowns...

Managing uncertainty

‘… it is likely that there will be several more months of high demand on NHS services and uncertainty for both the general population and healthcare staff.’ .

Is altruism dying?

‘Poignantly, the development of the COVID-19 vaccines is wholly dependent on volunteers from across the world participating in the various vaccine trials to test both the safety and efficacy of the...

Challenging anti-vaxxers

‘Some are concerned that the vociferous anti-vaccination movement may undermine efforts to end the ongoing pandemic.’ .

What has happened this summer?

‘The ‘stay at home’ message appears to have deterred parents from taking their children for routine vaccinations’ .

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