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- Type 1
From the Nursing Times:
This week sees three contrasting reports on the role of specialist nurses in the NHS.
On Monday Diabetes UK published research showing 218 diabetes specialist nurse posts were left vacant by trusts in 2010 due to cost cutting reasons. The charity used the study to highlight the valuable role DSNs play in preventing sight loss and limb amputation.
The annual National Lung Cancer Audit, also published on Monday, said patients who saw a specialist cancer nurse were more than twice as likely as other patients to receive treatment for lung cancer.
Meanwhile, the third ever IBD Audit, published on Tuesday, celebrated a 10% increase in the number of hospitals with access to inflammatory bowel disease over the past three years ? marking a new high of 72%.
Full story:
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing...ist-nursing-cannot-be-ignored/5030181.article
This week sees three contrasting reports on the role of specialist nurses in the NHS.
On Monday Diabetes UK published research showing 218 diabetes specialist nurse posts were left vacant by trusts in 2010 due to cost cutting reasons. The charity used the study to highlight the valuable role DSNs play in preventing sight loss and limb amputation.
The annual National Lung Cancer Audit, also published on Monday, said patients who saw a specialist cancer nurse were more than twice as likely as other patients to receive treatment for lung cancer.
Meanwhile, the third ever IBD Audit, published on Tuesday, celebrated a 10% increase in the number of hospitals with access to inflammatory bowel disease over the past three years ? marking a new high of 72%.
Full story:
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing...ist-nursing-cannot-be-ignored/5030181.article