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Social media propagates misinformation about vaccinations

Social media is being used to spread incorrect information about vaccination, a report by the Royal Society for Public Health has found

Public health cuts pose risk to children

Progress has been made on children’s health, but cuts and political uncertainty risk this, a report by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has said

Young people getting worst asthma care in UK

People aged 18-29 in the UK are more likely to be at high risk of having an asthma attack and the least likely to get life-saving basic asthma care than any other age group, according to a new report...

More young people surviving cancer

Mortality rates of cancers in 13 to 24 year olds have decreased from 42.9 per million in 2001 to 32.3 per million in 2015, a new report from the Teenage Cancer Trust and Public Health England has...

Influenza on the rise

The latest Public Health England (PHE) report on flu has found that prevalence of the illness has risen in the last week

Principles for continuing professional development launched

A group of professional bodies and unions launched a set of CPD and lifelong learning principles for health and social care

Discrimination towards BME staff rises

Discrimination against BME staff has gone up from 13.8% to 15% in the last 12 months, according to the latest NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard report

Combatting the psychological effects of diabetes

Diabetes Specialist Nurses have a key role in supporting patients and their mental health, says Lesley Mills

Most young people with a mental health condition do not get the treatment they need

Only three in ten children and young people with a mental health condition received NHS-funded treatment, and many more faced unacceptably long waits for treatment, a report by the Public Accounts...

Independent Nurse January 2019

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New strategy aims to maintain elimination of measles and rubella

A new strategy, announced by Public Health England, aims to ensure a ‘measles, rubella and congenital rubella syndrome free future’.

Progress made on encouraging duty of candour in the NHS

Regulators have made progress in encouraging candour in healthcare professionals, but there is still work to be done, according to a new report by the Professional Standards Agency

Why the UK is still lighting up

Graham Cope explains the looming threat to the provision of smoking cessation services

Where the Long-Term Plan comes up short

There is nothing governments like more than a long-term plan for the NHS, there have been 13 in the last 18 years alone. The changing health landscape, funding pressures and the political class’s...

Behaviour change: could it improve medication adherence?

Nicola Davies examines how these concepts could help patients take their medication as prescribed

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