With reference to the JCN’s editorial on the ‘ticking public health time bomb’ and the role of nurses in tackling unhealthy lifestyles (www.jcn.co.uk/journal/04-2014), our research investigated the effect of professional football clubs in delivering health improvement in a traditionally hard-to reach but huge population — namely, men (Pringle et al, 2014).
Summer just seems to have got underway, but already practice nurses and GPs across the UK are dreading the onset of autumn as it can only mean one thing — flu vaccination. Flu vaccinations, and the associated clinics set up to deliver them, undoubtedly increase the already busy workload of practice nurses, however, they do represent a valuable service to all those who are eligible.
Following on from the ‘Community matters’ feature in the last issue of JCN (28[3]: pp. 8–9), Katerina Kolyva from the NMC has been in touch to clarify its position over patient involvement in the new
code of conduct.
W hen a client recently turned to me and said: ‘I didn’t know I could do this,’ it was not only clear that I was witnessing someone tackling a new challenge; it also brought home to me the varied and rewarding nature of my role with Integrated Neurological Services (INS).
Sue Hill is associate at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement; David Pugh is team manager/operational manager at Bristol Community Health and chair of the National District Nurses Network (NDNN).
