Primary care nurses are no strangers to the management of long term conditions. From asthma to diabetes, these conditions are the staple of general practice. However, a recent case highlights a common...
Schizophrenia is a seriously misunderstood mental health condition, with the majority of the public misunderstanding its symptoms and effects.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is providing lifestyle change programmes to those at the highest risk of developing type 2 diabetes
The Director of Primary Care for NHS England, has admitted ‘the jury is still out’ on whether the GP Forward View is working
The NMC is seeking views on a wholesale review of the standards that UK trained nurses will need to meet before they can work as a registered nurse, as part of a bid to reform pre-registration...
Public Health England’s (PHE) new liver disease atlas reveals a patient’s chances of survival depends on a postcode lottery
The NHS is looking to extend its ‘controversial’ health care checks so that they can now be provided in shops and public events, in an attempt to increase the number of people accessing such services
Lifting the 1% pay cap is crucial to addressing the retention and recruitment crisis in the NHS according to Jonathan Ashworth, Shadow Secretary of State for Health, during a parliamentary debate on...
Children with asthma are far more likely to be given antibiotics than those without, new research reveals.
Fractures are part of growing up: about a third of children break a bone before they reach 17 years of age. Now new research suggests that vitamin D supplements may protect against fractures.
As many as one in 20 nursing positions are unfilled in Scotland, leading to concerns about patient safety
Less than a third of the public think that there are adequate numbers of nursing staff to provide safe care to patients, research by YouGov has found
The public sector pay cap, which has seen nurse wages fall by 14% since 2010, could be ended by the end of September
‘Specialist help’ is needed for obese children in Wales as they face an increase in major health problems
A new tool has been launched to help public health bodies identify cost-effective health programmes
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