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| Chair's update |
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| Your committee members have been working hard to represent your concerns at a national level. Hear what's going on across the UK and how the Gastrointestinal Nursing Forum has been involved. |
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NICE work |
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| Clinical nurse specialist Jose Bennell talks about of her experience of professional development through working with NICE, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. |
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| Continence conference |
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| Time is running out to book your place at the RCN Continence Forum conference. What's In, What's Out, What Nurses Want to Shout About: Research in Continence Care takes place on 15-16 November in Birmingham. |
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| NICE quality standard for colorectal cancer |
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| The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has developed a new quality standard for colorectal cancer. |
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| Your forum |
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Chair: Isobel Mason
Editor: Michelle Clayton
Adviser: Rose Gallagher
Save your forum homepage in your internet favourites: http://www.rcn.org.uk/giforum |
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Get involved |
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Submit your feedback, ideas and stories for the next issue. |
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Award-winning forum members |
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Marion O'Connor (centre) won the Gastrointestinal Nursing nurse of the year award for her innovative approach to IBD services, empowering patients by setting up a patient panel. Helen Bremner, a community clinical nurse hypnotherapist, won the Gastrointestinal Nursing patient care award for singlehandedly setting up the UK's only community IBS hypnotherapy service. Brigitte Collins, a lead biofeedback nurse specialist, won the British Journal of Nursing continence nurse of the year award. |
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UK IBD audit news |
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Results are in from the third round of the UK inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) audit, and plans are underway to improve the methodology used in round four. |
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Genetics education |
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Michelle Madeley, Publications Specialist and Events Manager for the NHS National Genetics Education and Development Centre, offers an insight into how the centre can assist you and your patients. |
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IBD standards group: your forum representing you |
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The political agenda for secondary care of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has changed dramatically over the last six years. |
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Enhanced recovery and stoma care |
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Enhanced recovery after surgery is a "fast track" approach to surgery, using evidence-based elements to reduce both hospital stay length and postoperative complications. |
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Liver care learning sessions |
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NHS Liver Care is hosting a series of one-day liver care learning sessions
for primary care professionals. |
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NHS Liver Care website |
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NHS Liver Care has changed its web address and is using the URL that we gave you in our last newsletter for its e-newsletter. |
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