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Spotting early liver disease in primary care

With deaths from liver disease on the rise, Rachel Pryke advises on prevention as well as early detection

Keeping travellers up to date with global vaccination requirements

Travel vaccines are an ever evolving area of practice, Sarah Lang highlights what you need to know

Latent autoimmune disease in adults as a cause of diabetes

David Morris explains the importance of identifying this often-overlooked autoimmune condition

Book review: Autism Supporting Difficulties

This is the book that parents of autistic children everywhere are crying out for

Resources - August 2017

Key events and training for primary care nursing

Advanced practitioners improve efficiency and patient satisfaction

Emma Oliver identifies the benefits and challenges in establishing the new role

Strain on nurses as 71,000 more care home beds needed

Nurses are facing ‘impossible workloads’ as demand for care home spaces continues to soar

New nursing students are 'filling a leaking bucket' on results day

New nursing students are celebrating their A level results as their places at university are confirmed

News focus: A new dawn for practice nursing?

A new plan aims to address a predicted shortage of nurses in general practice

Royal College of Midwives clarifies 'normal births' stance

After being the ‘subject of much attention in the press’, the RCM has clarified its position on a term it abandoned years ago

Baby boxes available in Scotland for the 'best possible start'

Every baby born in Scotland will now be able to come home with a ‘baby box’ that will be a safe sleep space

'Evidence-based' practice guidance for labour care incoming

An advisory group has been formed in order to develop practice guidance on various aspects of caring for women in labour

Mental health patients rely on ambulances as primary care falters

A ‘truly shocking’ proportion of mental health patients are being forced to use emergency ambulance services

Campaign for 'normal births' scrapped following baby deaths

Campaigning for ‘normal births’ will cease to avoid the ‘danger’ of associating medical intervention with abnormality

NHS celebrates 'significant' drop in heart failure fatalities

Hundreds of people are now surviving heart failure due to improvements in patient care, according to an independent study

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