It is time to ‘shift the conversation’ on healthcare, according to Public Health England
Nurses may be becoming more understanding and forward-thinking as research into a year of revalidation indicates ‘attitude changes’ among the workforce
Prescribing is set to take its next leap into the future as NICE announces the launch of a new formulary app
Cross-party members of the House of Lords have called on Theresa May to end the pay cap on nurses’ wages
Calls to relax English language requirements for nurses are based on ‘factually incorrect’ beliefs, according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Scottish health professionals are said to be ‘aghast’ at the revelation that senior doctors are taking home bonuses averaging more than £15,000 each
The UK ‘significantly lags’ behind other European countries on its rates of peer support for breastfeeding, according to research from Cardiff University
Social care ‘must be properly resourced’ if the government hopes to streamline the transition from hospitals to social care settings for patients, according to the Royal College of Nursing
The number of people sleeping rough in London doubled from 2009-2015
Nursing homes face a ‘tipping point’ as one in three failed Care Quality Commission inspections into adult social care provision
A drug which would be a lifeline for children with an extremely rare inherited condition has been approved by NICE in an unprecedented step forward
Scottish authorities ‘should not be complacent’, according to the Royal College of Nursing, despite a report from the Nuffield Trust comparing the country’s NHS favourably over the rest of the UK
Health visitors need to ‘collaborate with the community’ to help half a million children a Children’s Commissioner report has found to be living in vulnerable situations
Up to 35,000 people with a learning disability take a prescribed psychotropic drug every day despite not having a diagnosed mental health problem
With more than 5,000 new cases of female genital mutilation recorded in England over the past year, the Royal College of Midwifery has called for ‘renewed focus’ on combating the practice
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