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Cranberry juice proven to be ineffective against UTIs

New guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have declared that drinking cranberry juice has no effect on urinary tract infections (UTIs)

Should nurses perform abortions?

With abortion once again in the news, Rebecca Gilroy looks at the complex legal and ethical issues around it

RCN warns against removing postgraduate funding

Ahead of the Commons debate today, the Royal College of Nursing warn that removing postgraduate funding could reduce student numbers further

Study finds bath additives for child eczema have no benefit

Bath oils that claim to treat eczema in children have been found ineffective in a study published in the British Medical Journal

First FGM clinic to open in Wales

The service will be led by specialist FGM midwives working in collaboration with a consultant obstetric team, designated child health consultant paediatricians and a third sector agency group

Breast cancer screening IT error left 450,000 women uninvited to mammograms

Approximately 270 women may have died from breast cancer because of a IT error which left 450,000 women in England uninvited for their mammogram

Nurses respond in favour of decriminalisation of abortion

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members have responded to a consultation on abortion and have voted in favour of decriminalisation

Interim report plans to provide NHS with £50bn by 2030

Lord Darzi has released the independent review which examined the state and quality of health and social care services and made recommendations

The Global Forum on Incontinence

The 7th biennial Global Forum on Incontinence (GFI) brought together more than 300 people from across the world with an interest in incontinence and continence care. The theme of this year’s forum was...

Findings reveal a shortage of cancer nurses

A study across NHS England has found a shortage of specialist cancer nurses and support workers

New hope for people living with incontinence from ground-breaking study

A new study has identified a set of Key Performance Indicators to improve standards of care for people living with incontinence

RCN responds to report revealing a lack of registered children’s nurses

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has responded an audit that revealed the current state of children and young people’s health services

International Nurses’ Day

Nurses from across the UK will be supporting colleagues in need for International Nurses’ Day on 12 May

Record number of nurses from the EU leave amid Brexit uncertainty

Brexit has caused a record number of nurses and midwives from EU27 countries to leave the UK as the NHS staffing crisis continues

NMC to review its current registration fee ‘in more detail’

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) will review their registration costs amid concerns over the declining size of the register.

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