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• Blood clot prevention medicine recalled over formulation error

  26-10-2026 17:15 via Nursing in Practice
  
  A medication that helps prevent blood clots and reduces the risk of heart attacks and strokes has been recalled due to a formulation error. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said it had been informed by Xeal Pharma that all strengths of its Clopidogrel Oral Suspension and Clopidogrel Oral Solution products contain less...Read moreThe post Blood clot prevention medicine recalled over formulation error appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
  
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• Concern over GP practice buildings as NHS maintenance backlog revealed

  26-10-2026 16:04 via Nursing in Practice
  
  GP practices and care homes will be impacted by flooding and burst pipes in winter without investment into NHS buildings, The King’s Fund has warned. The think tank raised its concerns in response to NHS England’s (NHSE) latest Estates Returns Information Collection data for 2025/26 – a document setting out the latest costs and operations...Read moreThe post Concern over GP practice buildings as NHS maintenance backlog revealed appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
  
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• Policy paper: Framework agreement between DHSC and the Human Tissue Authority: 2026 to 2029

  26-10-2026 13:13 via Department of Health and Social Care - Activity on GOV.UK
  
  Describes the working relationship between the Department of Health and Social Care and the Human Tissue Authority.
  
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• Interim advisor for social care nursing appointed at NHSE

  26-10-2026 13:04 via Nursing in Practice
  
  A mental health nurse of 40 years has been seconded to NHS England’s chief nursing officer (CNO) team to work as a senior advisor for adult social care nursing. Dr Zena Aldridge, an independent dementia nurse consultant and Queen’s Nurse, has been appointed in the fixed term role which was created in replacement of the...Read moreThe post Interim advisor for social care nursing appointed at NHSE appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
  
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• Paediatric lung assessments: tips for practice nurses

  26-10-2026 11:57 via Nursing in Practice
  
  At a recent Nursing in Practice virtual event, consultant nurse and doctoral researcher specialising in respiratory medicine, Aleksandra Gawlik-Lipinski, offered advice and guidance on paediatric lung assessments. Here, we distil the key insights from her talk, including how to reassure parents and engage with the children being examined. With most children reporting six to eight...Read moreThe post Paediatric lung assessments: tips for practice nurses appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
  
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• Blood test may help sepsis patients come off antibiotics sooner

  26-10-2026 11:15 via Nursing in Practice
  
  A daily blood test could help critically ill patients with sepsis to come off antibiotics sooner, a new study suggests. The ADAPT-Sepsis study examined how clinicians responded to automated advice generated from daily blood tests designed to guide decisions on when antibiotic treatment could safely end. The researchers found that monitoring levels of a blood...Read moreThe post Blood test may help sepsis patients come off antibiotics sooner appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
  
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• Greater national oversight needed for obesity treatment, urges parliamentary committee  

  26-10-2026 11:11 via Nursing in Practice
  Services to treat obesity should be ‘overhauled and reimagined’, a cross-party parliamentary committee has said. The Health and Social Care Committee is urging the government to reframe obesity as a ‘chronic, relapsing condition with life-long physiological impacts’ and adapt how patients receive treatment. In a new report published this month, the committee claims that weight...Read moreThe post Greater national oversight needed for obesity treatment, urges parliamentary committee   ap
  
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