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Practical considerations when initiating insulin

Theresa Smyth and Karen Blackwood explain how patients can be kept safe when using insulin

Reflecting on the new asthma guidelines for adults

Understanding the new guidance, with its welcome updates, enables you to provide better care more
efficiently, writes Beverly Bostock-Cox

Access course opens door for more would-be nurses

Anyone needing to complete an access course to gain a place on a nursing degree programme could benefit from a new online access course offered by Milton Keynes College

Taking nursing across the world

Opportunities to nurse abroad are endless and you can bring your skills home, writes Vasil Barron

Women and children's health

A partnership aims to improve healthcare for women and children in Merseyside, writes Seeta Bhardwa

Mental health still the underdog

Despite greater recognition, services such as maternal mental health are still pressurised, writes Alex Turnbull

Twelve months of change

No one will forget 2016 in a hurry. Seeta Bhardwa speaks to key players from some of the biggest stories

Heart failure in primary care

Prognosis has improved but 40% of patients die within a year, writes Suneeta Kochhar

The international language of caring

Crystal Oldman explains the differences and similarities in nursing between UK and Japan

Severe asthma linked to depression and anxiety

Asthma can have a severe impact on the wellbeing and quality of life of patients with the condition, a survey by Asthma UK has found

Alcohol-related mortality rises by 400%

The number of deaths linked to alcohol has risen by 400% since 1970, a report from Public Health England (PHE) has found.

NICE urges healthcare organisations to ‘normalise’ HIV testing

NICE has released new guidance to support greater awareness of HIV testing. For the first time this guidance has been produced with Public Health England (PHE).

Nursing apprentices could work from September next year

Nursing apprentices could work in the NHS from September 2017, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced.

NMC asked to regulate nursing associates

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to regulate the new nursing associate role.

Asthma: Inhaler techniques

The symptoms of childhood asthma, how it can be treated, and which inhaler is right for children

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