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Preparing for a CQC inspection

Helena Frankova details how you can prepare your practice for an evaluation

A day in the life of… Nicola Milne

Community Specialist Facilitator in diabetes, Nicola Milne, works with the CODES team in central Manchester

Global HIV pandemic at risk of resurgence

Experts reveal that the HIV pandemic is at risk of coming back as a result of stalled funding

NHS morale is ‘heartbreaking’ says Matt Hancock

Matt Hancock will give his first speech since taking the job of health secretary and will emphasise the need the address low morale in the NHS

RCN issues measles warning to summer festival goers

Young festivalgoers and tourists heading to Europe have been urged to make sure their measles vaccinations are up to date. The warning from the RCN follows a 400% increase in the number of cases...

NMC apologises to families for Morecambe Bay failings

Families whose children died because of midwifery failings have received an apology from the chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Council

The Brexit health warning

With the exit of the UK from the EU approaching, Alex Turnbull looks at the implications for the NHS

The Honourable Members for Nursing

IN meets two nurses who made the leap into Parliament: Anne Milton and Maria Caulfield

HPV programme for boys ‘cost-effective’

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has decided that that a universal vaccination programme protecting boys against human papillomavirus (HPV) is cost effective

Assessment and management of chronic wounds

Jacky Edwards outlines how to understand and treat wounds which won’t heal

Prevention of pressure ulcers in community care settings

Linda Nazarko looks at how to identify and manage these increasingly common sores

Increase in family members caring for relatives

Around 7.6 million people care for their families without being paid –meaning that qualified carers are missing out on work opportunities

Young people are being failed by adult mental health services

Vulnerable young people are being put in danger during the transition between child and adult mental health services according to a new inquiry

RCN concerned nursing associate role remains ambiguous

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has called the results of a nursing associate consultation an ‘early step’ towards a standardised role

The Past and Future of the NHS

This summer feels like Britain has got some of its optimism back, and the 70th birthday of the NHS has given us a genuine national moment

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