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2. Social enterprise in primary and community care: the Government maintains that the benefits of increasing the number of social enterprises in the NHS will be far reaching, but not all health service workers agree
3. Better breathing Bangladesh: an Education for Health project is using professional education to provide Sustainable improvement in respiratory healthcare in Bangladesh. Francesca Robinson finds out more
4. The rise of social enterprise in primary healthcare: social enterprises are combining the job satisfaction of public service with the freedom of independent business
5. Championing smoking cessation in general practice: Francesca Robinson presents the views of some general practice stop smoking champions
6. Cervical cancer awareness varies
7. Encompassing change
8. Practice nurse comes of age: Practice Nurse journal has supported practice nurses through upheavals and change as their roles within general practice have evolved
9. The role of biofilms in wounds: Francesca Robinson reports on a study day updating nurses on approaches to the management of infection in wounds
10. Introducing some practice nurse leaders: practice nursing is well established--this year it's the RCN Practice Nurse Association's 25th anniversary--but needs leaders to help individual nurses develop and to move the profession forward
11. Best practice in diabetes: implementing some of the best examples of good practice in diabetes has achieved dramatic results in pilot schemes
12. The GMS contract and you: the new General Medical Services contract has opened up exciting new opportunities for practice nurses. (Analysis)
13. A week to wise up to Men's Health: a major health promotion campaign this week (9-15 June) has been raising awareness of the unnecessarily poor state of men's health
14. A 10-year strategy on sexual health: the Government has produced a 10-year plan for modernising sexual health services but, as Francesca Robinson heard at a recent conference, it will have to fight for a place within the congested primary care agenda. (Sexual Health)
15. The National Primary Care Collaborative in action: nurses are at the forefront of developments in primary care that have bought enourmous benefits to patients, nurses and GPs. Francesca Robinson looks at the ideas that worked. (Analysis)
16. Analysis: Agenda for Change was first announced in March 1999 and since then union officials, managers and civil servants have been in engaged in lengthy and complicated negotiations behind closed doors. (practice nurse pay)
17. Northern Ireland: primary care in Northern Ireland is about to undergo a radical reorganisation--some healthcare professionals are worried but others look forward to the challenge
18. Analysis: PMS pilots are benefiting nurse practitioners as well as patients, reports Francesca Robinson, despite teething problems and nurse shortages
19. Agenda for Change
20. The future of the nurse practitioner role
21. DoH care providers policy hits opposition
22. Delivering patient empowerment
23. Cardiometabolic risk: pathways to disease development
24. Connecting for Health
25. Skill mix; getting it right
26. Analysis: diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment among people of working age, yet eye screening in most parts of the UK is carried out on an ad-hoc basis
27. Analysis: the NHS Beacon Programme identifies innovative services that meet specific healthcare needs and encourages them to share their experience so that others can use or adapt their ideas
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34. Patient group directions
35. Pay and working conditions
36. Nursing shortage
37. Addressing the issue of poor nutrition: practice nurses have an important role in improving nutrition and giving dietary advice to patients, according to a new report from the Proprietary Association of Great Britain
38. The changing role of NICE: the Government has signalled that there will be a significant new role for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) among the flurry of NHS reforms outlined in the new White Paper on health
39. Self-care for people with long-term conditions
40. New proposals shake up the NHS: the coalition government's new White Paper on health has set the scene for a radical change of direction in the NHS. Do the proposals represent a challenge or a threat for practice nurses?
41. Raising awareness of cervical cancer: a campaign called the 'C Word' is raising awareness of cervical cancer throughout October. Francesca Robinson reports on the latest initiatives to improve the prevention of the disease in general practice
42. Measures to prevent and treat obesity: new research suggests that general practice teams need to be more proactive in treating and preventing obesity
43. Primary care: three areas for making a difference: effective public health interventions, early diagnosis and disease prevention save money and save lives but primary care could do better in all three areas, a Westminster Health Forum seminar heard
44. Cervical cancer: a patient perspective: Suzanne Evans wants practice nurses to understand the physical and emotional impact that cervical cancer can have on a woman in order to help them provide better care to their patients. She told her story at the RCN Practice Nurse Association annual conference
45. The shift to a graduate profession: an increasing number of practice nurses are studying for masters and degree-level qualifications in response to the Government's shift towards nursing becoming an all-graduate profession. Francesca Robinson talks to three nurses who were recently awarded degrees by the training provider Education for Health
46. Conference focuses on employment issues: grievances about pay, employment conditions and professional development were hot topics at this year's Royal College of Nursing Practice Nurse Association (PNA) conference in Eastbourne
47. Do incentives encourage healthy lifestyles?
48. Delays despite support for prescription charge review
49. Promoting the role of self-care: the launch of a journal that publishes academic material about the role of the patient as a consumer in self-managing their healthcare is set to give healthcare professionals more confidence in promoting self-care
50. Report from RCN Congress 2010: concerns about the NHS pension, the transfer of care from the acute sector to the community, regulation of advanced practitioners, drink driving, the sexual health of older people and end of life care, were just some of the wide-ranging issues raised by nurses at this year's RCN Congress held in Bournemouth
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