Kendra Scheller, Nurse Practitioner, Health Inclusion Team, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
This week Parliament entered the debate on assisted dying, with many MPs arguing for a change in the current law. IN Editor Mike Shallcross explains why he believes it's time for a rethink
Funding for children’s hospices will rise to £25 million a year, NHS England has announced
Three in five young people have either experienced a mental health problem themselves, or are close to someone who has, according to new research by Mind
People who are obese now outnumber people who smoke two to one in the UK, and excess weight causes more cases of certain cancers than smoking, new findings from Cancer Research UK have shown
More than 61,399 mothers-to-be, more than one in ten of all pregnant women, were still smoking at the time they gave birth in 2018, figures released by NHS Digital have shown
Asthma affects 5.4 million people in the UK, but only a minority of British people are aware that different inhalers have different environmental impacts
Good oral health should be seen as a fundamental human right; it is inseparable from a person’s general health and wellbeing. Nurses are ideally placed in making every contact count, particularly with...
San Francisco has become the first city in the USA to restrict the sale of e-cigarettes, in a bid to curb their use by young people
RCN Professional Lead for Public Health, Helen Donovan said: ’Nurses see the tragic impact of knife crime every day of the week, not only on lives but also on health services'
Public Health England (PHE) has warned of a ‘high risk’ of more fatalities, after an outbreak of the invasive Group A streptococcal infection across Essex led to 12 deaths
The number of learning disability (LD) nurses in NHS inpatient and secure units has dropped by almost 60% in 10 years, analysis by the RCN has found
Student nurses in Wales will continue to receive NHS bursaries until 2020, the Welsh government has said
Organisations have voiced their concerns after a 25% cut to health visiting services in Suffolk was proposed
People living in higher-income regions with access to information on health care are among the most sceptical on the benefits of vaccines, according to a new survey.
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