Nurses should stake a claim to define the future of primary care, writes Crystal Oldman
Many patients have contemporaneous features of asthma and COPD, and it is estimated that a significant proportion of these patients have asthma-COPD overlap, write Emma Ray and Carol Kelly
Linda Nazarko explains how these common injuries should be managed in outpatient settings
Sara Patience explains the latest guidance on folic acid supplementation, and who needs it
Mark Greener details the burden of managing chronic and acute wounds in primary care
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has welcomed the launch of a new NHS taskforce to deal with the ‘unacceptable situation’ in care for young people with mental health issues, learning disabilities...
The RCN has said that the suggestions for tackling childhood obesity from Dame Sally Davies’ (outgoing Chief Medical Officer) report ‘could help make future generations healthier and happier’
A new platform, Every Mind Matters, aiming to provide simple steps to improve mental health has been launched by Public Health England and NHS England
Nurses are being asked by the RCN if they are willing to take industrial action over the staffing and pay crisis for nurses in Northern Ireland
A summary of key topics from the European Respiratory Society International Congress, 29th September – 2nd October 2019, Madrid, Spain
Guinness World Records has confirmed that the Queen’s Nursing Institute is the world’s oldest nursing charity
The Royal College of Nursing has said it will ‘ensure that Government plays its part’ in dealing with the issue of climate change
Around 25 million people in England will be offered free NHS flu jab this winter, Public Health England has announced
Over 250 million children in the world will be living with obesity by 2030 according to the first Atlas of Childhood Obesity
Countdown Global Mental Health 2030 is an initiative that aims to monitor and assess mental health and its treatments across the world
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