Service Development Articles

Articles

  • Prostate cancer survivorship: a nurse-led service model.

    A significant proportion of men suffer side effects and are acknowledged to have unmet physical, functional and psychological needs after prostate cancer treatment. A nurse-led survivorship programme was implemented at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for men with prostate cancer.

    Published October 19, 2015
  • Using quality improvement methods to prevent catheter-associated UTI.

    Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is considered to be reasonably preventable and there is an abundance of published guidance, all of which details similar CAUTI-prevention strategies.

    Published October 21, 2015