Long-term, ambulatory and short-burst oxygen therapy in the community

Dave Lynes, Carol Kelly

Remote patient monitoring

Joe Lepper

The male community nurse

Blackman Alison

Recent drug development for diabetes and obesity

Victor A Zammit

Childhood constipation: a new approach

Jacqueline Howell, Catherine Morris

MEND programmes: community solutions to a national problem

Caroline Swain

Prescribing unlicensed medicines to children

Steve Tomlin, Heather Morris

Risk of admission to a nursing home among older people with visual impairment in great britain

Caroline McGraw

Hospital admissions in older people with visual impairment in Britain

Resuscitation after birth associated with an increased risk of low IQ

Vari Drennan

Visual acuity and mortality in older people and factors on the pathway

Caroline McGraw

Factors that influence older nurses in primary and community care to stay on

Vari Drennan

Health visitors need more accessible information on evidence-based practice

Vaccination is key to keeping nurses working in an influenza pandemic

Vari Drennan

Noticeboard

Clinical knowledge summaries

Tina Bishop

Care Quality Commission

Diary

The pill an essential guide

Janet Cairns

The New Black: Mourning, Melancholia and Depression

Penny Louch

Management of Cardiac Problems in Primary Care

Stephen Newby

It’s like having the builders in

Bethann Siviter

Trust has to be earned

Roy Lilley

Practice nurses embrace change

Kate Howie

Transforming community services

Christian Duffin

New community nurse service for hull

Department of health gives top tips for coping with heatwave

NHS stop smoking service doubles referrals rate

Grimsby ‘Open Door’ service wins healthand social care award

NPSA outlines ways to improve safety for sick children

Health visitors at breaking point as their caseloads rise

By Laura Doherty

News in brief

Another summer of upheaval

Lynn Young