Receptionists are the firefighters of general practice and deserve a lot more respect from service users says Mike Shallcross
Mental health trusts face having their budgets cut despite pledges by the government to increase funding, analysis by the Kings Fund has found
Jenny Bostock outlines some of the physical and mental health issues her unit deals with every day
Nurses play a key role in risk assessment and helping patients adhere to medication, explains Julia Thomson
Pressures on the acute mental health sector are leading high-risk patients to be inappropriately placed in community settings, new research from the University of Manchester has found
The health service is failing to meet the needs of transgender adults and children, according to a survey by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
More than 1000 nursing associates will start their training this year, Health Education England has announced
Unite the union has raised concerns that further budget cuts to the health visiting service could impact on sudden infant deaths
A shortage in palliative children's nurses is resulting in a reduced offer of care for families, finds children's palliative care charity Together for Short Lives
One in five nurses recruited in England 2015/16 were EU nationals, leading to fears that an exodus would be damaging to the NHS
Roughly 3.28 million school-aged children in the UK will be overweight or obese by 2025, according to research by the British Dietetic Association
Is the threshold for advanced maternal age too low as more women are choosing to have children later on in life asks Madeleine Murphy
The RCN will host a session on risk and mental illness on 10 October, held at Nottingham Contemporary, Weekday Cross, Nottingham.
Patients with mental health conditions in the criminal justice system require a more robust system of support, according to draft guidance released by NICE.
Jon Ashworth, MP for Leicester South, has been appointed the new shadow health secretary, after Diane Abbott was promoted to shadow home secretary
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