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Impact of Staffing Levels on Safe and Effective Patient Care
This evidence review was commissioned to support policy influencing and to point RCN staff and members towards the latest evidence on staffing for safe and effective care. A previous evidence review was completed to support the RCN’s Staffing for Safe and Effective Care (2019) report, with this current evidence review bringing that up to date.
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Sharps safety
Sharps are commonly used in the delivery of health and care and can be found in all care settings. Sharps, whilst necessary can result in harm to the user with a risk of infection if an injury is sustained after use on a patient/person. This guide has been developed primarily for RCN safety representatives, but other members of the nursing or midwifery team with a role in infection prevention and control (IPC), who support the management of sharps injuries may also find it a useful reference.
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Response to student bursaries
Responses to student bursaries collected by contributors during November and December 2015.
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Acquired Brain Injury Call For Evidence
Department of Health and Social Care's open consultation on acquired brain injury call for evidence
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NICE Consultation on Skin tumours including Melanoma: assessment and management
This guideline will update and combine the NICE guideline on melanoma: assessment and management (NG14) and the NICE cancer service guidelines – improving outcomes for people with skin tumours including melanoma (update): the management of low-risk basal cell carcinomas in the community (2010), and improving outcomes for people with skin tumours including melanoma: the manual (2006) (CSG8).
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NICE Consultation on Behaviour change: digital and mobile health interventions
This guideline covers interventions that use a digital or mobile platform to help people change established unhealthy behaviour. It covers people who want to stop smoking, be more active, practise safer sex, or improve their eating and drinking habits.
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NICE Consultation on Multiple sclerosis in adults: management
This guideline will update the NICE guideline on multiple sclerosis in adults: management (CG186). The guideline will be developed using the methods and processes outlined in developing NICE guidelines: the manual. This guideline will also be used to update the NICE quality standard for multiple sclerosis QS108.
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NICE Consultation on Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
This quality standard covers assessing and diagnosing fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in children and young people. It also covers alcohol consumption during pregnancy. It describes high-quality care in priority areas for improvement.
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Dementia Assessment and Referral Return Consultation
NHS England and NHS Improvement is seeking comments and views, from acute trusts who produce the data and anybody who uses the data, on the Dementia Assessment and Referral (DAR) return.
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NICE Consultation on End of life care Quality Standard
This quality standard covers end of life care services, which provide care and support to adults (aged 18 or over) with progressive life-limiting conditions in the final weeks and months of life (or for some conditions, years).
