Autumn edition of Practice Matters available

Published: 07 December 2012

The autumn edition of ‘Practice Matters’, the quarterly newsletter for practice nurses, was published and distributed  last week and is now available on the South West RCN website.

The newsletter created to support practice nurses and healthcare assistants that work in General Practice, aims to keep them up to date with the latest RCN news, health care issues, awards, events and publications that relate specifically to their role.

The autumn edition contains a lot of interesting articles including the following:

RCN News

• Patient Group Directions (PGDs) - authorisation in new NHS organisational structures.
• Latest on the NMC fee rise - NMC take grant and raise fees.
• The South West Pay Cartel.

Healthcare news

• Whooping Cough outbreak continues to rise.
• Men who take a multivitamin every day can cut their risk of getting cancer!
• Botox a 'go' for migraine suffers.
• Morning-after tablet that can be taken five days later.
• Plymouth University gains award at the General Practice Awards 2012.

Awards

• Wessex Practice Nurse advancement funding.
• Clinical Nursing Scholarship.

Events

• Health Visitor Workshops

Publications

• Updated diabetes treatment guidance.

To read this edition of Practice Matters, or previous editions, visit our Practice nurses and healthcare assistant's site.

We hope you find this edition to be of interest, if you want to make any suggestions for the content of the next edition, contact Claire Wickes on claire.wickes@rcn.org.uk.