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Tuberculosis and the BCG vaccine ECG News

Tuberculosis and the BCG vaccine

The Bacillus Calmette -Guerin (BCG) vaccine is used to protect people against tuberculosis (TB) which…

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Obesity Management ECG News

Obesity Management

Boris Johnson survived Covid 19 thanks to the excellent care received at St Thomas’ Hospital.…

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My background and experience as a nurse ECG News

My background and experience as a nurse

Having completed my first week at ECG as a Clinical Development Manager, I thought what…

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Egg allergies and influenza vaccine 2020/21 ECG News

Egg allergies and influenza vaccine 2020/21

In children under the age of five an allergy to hen’s eggs is quite common,…

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Obesity? Why bother? Part 1 ECG News

Obesity? Why bother? Part 1

“Wouldn’t you rather more with more deserving people?” I have been working with people living…

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Assessing Mental Capacity ECG News

Assessing Mental Capacity

This is a challenging subject and can be daunting to many healthcare professionals, however, it…

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What should I consider when vaccinating children? ECG News

What should I consider when vaccinating children?

Throughout my training career, vaccinating children, is one of the areas that scares health care…

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How to deal with anaphylaxis post vaccination? ECG News

How to deal with anaphylaxis post vaccination?

What is anaphylaxis Anaphylaxis is a severe and often sudden allergic reaction, which is potentially…

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My 6 months working in ICU during the Covid Pandemic ECG News

My 6 months working in ICU during the Covid Pandemic

Hi, my name is Gill Smith, I am an RGN I qualified in 2006. When…

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A reminder on nasal administration for flu vaccinations ECG News

A reminder on nasal administration for flu vaccinations

The flu season 2020/2021, all children aged two to three years on 31st August 2020…

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How to give a subcutaneous injection ECG News

How to give a subcutaneous injection

Subcutaneous injections are used the preferred route for administration for some medications and vaccines. Previously,…

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Who is eligible for an NHS Flu vaccine this season? ECG NewsPharmacy Hub

Who is eligible for an NHS Flu vaccine this season?

As COVID-19 continues to be headline news, you can forgive people for not taking time…

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Adapting to changes in working practice during Covid 19. ECG NewsPharmacy Hub

Adapting to changes in working practice during Covid 19.

As for so many people late March 2020 saw a sudden change in the way…

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Guest Blog: The Importance of Mental Health Nurses in the UK ECG NewsPharmacy Hub

Guest Blog: The Importance of Mental Health Nurses in the UK

There is a growing disparity in the ratio of mental health staff to patients. In…

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Locating the correct position on the deltoid for an IM injection ECG NewsPharmacy Hub

Locating the correct position on the deltoid for an IM injection

Most vaccinations should be delivered via the Intra-Muscular (IM) route into the deltoid muscle. It…

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Guest Blog: My Name is Angela and I am a person Living with Obesity ECG NewsPharmacy Hub

Guest Blog: My Name is Angela and I am a person Living with Obesity

My Name is Angela Chesworth and I am a person Living with Obesity.If a person…

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Basic Life Support Training; A Paramedic perspective ECG NewsPharmacy Hub

Basic Life Support Training; A Paramedic perspective

I recently joined ECG as a full-time Clinical Trainer, which has given me the excellent…

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What does the new training environment look like since Covid 19 has come on board? ECG NewsPharmacy Hub

What does the new training environment look like since Covid 19 has come on board?

Since lockdown in March 2020, life has become unrecognisable, both personally and in the arena…

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CPR in your pharmacy – how do you prepare? ECG NewsPharmacy Hub

CPR in your pharmacy – how do you prepare?

So I guess you will all now be planning for your flu vaccination sessions soon…

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Why I decided to offer covid antibody testing at ECG ECG NewsPharmacy Hub

Why I decided to offer covid antibody testing at ECG

Well first of all, what a few months we have all had! I think its…

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