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NHS bosses want to build a temporary two-storey extension to the accident and emergency department at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. The modular building would be linked to the existing A&E department and would enable medics to treat more patients. The building would be an “interim measure” and stay until completion of the £485 million modernisation of the Royal Sussex site although no date was given by hospital bosses. University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the Royal Sussex, said: “The principal purpose of this facility is to supplement the...

12 April, 2021 Nurses in all clinical settings need to be able to identify suspected deep vein thrombosis. This article explains the risk factors and how to clinically assess the leg. Abstract Nurses will increasingly have to identify and assess for deep vein thrombosis in both primary and secondary care, and so they need the skills to assess the clinical risk of the patient. This article explains how to: understand deep vein thrombosis in terms of its associated risk factors, use the two-level Wells score for estimating a patient’s risk, and carry out a leg assessment for a suspected de...