Community Practitioner

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Articles in Jan, 2009 issue of Community Practitioner

• QNI Scotland focus group invite
• National Salt Awareness Week
• ERIC short film on bedwetting
• Measles cases in England and Wales
• Back to work with 'fit notes'
• Lack of training in end-of-life care
• Early detection of cancer
• Receiving the journal?
  by Danny Ratnaike
• The public health buzz: despite the pressures under which they work, the annual professional conference provided a valuable boost for many members
  by Judi Greenbank
• Members take industrial action: Unite NHS members took part in a 'work to rule' Day of Action on 3 December in order to urge the government to re-open negotiations over the imposed pay award
• Harrogate a 'huge success'
• New CAMHS review
• Health visitor decline in London
• Unite/CPHVA says goodbye to staff
• NHS elections
• Election in Amicus section of Unite
• Information-sharing guidance
• Commissioning disappointment
• Helping children to eat healthily
• Dedicated health visitor
• Cheaper NHS drugs with new pricing scheme
• Health and crime
• Unite's health sector
• Innovations across the UK
• Welcome to conference!
• Update on the work of the association
• Skill mix: in clients' interests?
• The people factor
• Working together with children
• Focus on school nursing
• Career development for CNNs
• Beyond the 'comfort zone'…
• Concurrents and fringes: too many to name …
• Annual National Professional Forum
• School nurses' workloads: how should they be prioritised?
  by Catherine Gleeson
• The mental health of children and young people: the EMHA role
  by Deborah Bone
• What support do parents of young children need? A user-focused study
  by Rhona Hogg
• The future of safeguarding
  by Barrie Brown
• Specific enquiries needed to identify sleep disorders
• Health of trafficked women in Europe
• Parents should be considered for whooping cough booster
  by June Thompson
• Birth season linked to asthma
  by June Thompson
• Clock-shifts affect heart attack risk
  by June Thompson
• Pregnancy risk for women with epilepsy
• Lack of help for disabled asylum-seekers
• HandsOnScotland online resources
• New clinic treating gambling addiction
• Help for young carers
• Gasping helps cardiac arrest victims
  by June Thompson
• Ginkgo does not prevent dementia
  by June Thompson
• Diary
• Free coaching
  by Nicky Brown
• Removal of cigarette displays in shops
• TB rate in children remains stable
  by June Thompson
• Welsh nursing careers consultation
• Unite welcomes PCT funding
• Cancer: telling the children: early years consultant Sandy Green explains how she told her grandchildren that she had cancer, and healthcare professionals advise on how best to tell children when a loved one has a serious or life-threatening illness
  by Kin Ly
• Members make a stand: members from across Unite's health sector came together on 3 December for the first Day of Action since they voted in favour of industrial action to re-open pay negotiations