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Lead nurse allays fears for non-patient facing clinicians

Non-patient facing nurses concerned about providing evidence for their revalidation portolios may be reassured by a new briefing paper

Workplace stress affects nearly 90% of primary care staff

Almost 90% of primary care staff, including practice nurses and GPs, find their work stressful according to new research by Mind

Millions of historical nursing records have been digitised

More than 1.5 million nurses records from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) have been digitsed by family history website Ancestry

NICE panel is searching for a community nurse

The NICE Centre for Guidelines is looking for community nurses and senior level nursing professionals to join the expert panel

The need-to-know on the PrEP Judicial Review

On 2 August the high court ruled that NHS England had acted unlawfully in removing PrEP, the HIV prevention drug, from its commissioning process in March

Majority of patients can access Parkinson's nurses

Some 94% of people with Parkinson's were able to access a Parkinson's specialist nurse, according to the largest ever Parkinson's services audit

Cost of diabetes doubles over 10 years

The bill for items prescribed to patients with diabetes has nearly doubled since 2005, data from the HSCIC has found

Anti-HIV treatment approved by High Court

NHS England has been instructed that it can fund the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis drugs (PrEP), which can prevent HIV, after a judicial review by the High Court

35,000 nurses have completed revalidation

The first report into revalidation shows that over 35,000 nurses and midwives have completed revalidation based on data collected by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Over 170,000 people have survived cancer for 25 years

More than 170,000 people who have cancer in the UK were diagnosed in the 1970s and 1980s, according to a report by Macmillan Cancer Support

Profiling pain improves quality of life and saves money

Targeting treatment and resources to elderly patients who are at risk of disability can improve their lives, a two-part study published in journal Age and Ageing has found

Phase one of GP Forward View announced

The first steps in implementing NHS England's General Practice Forward View have been released

Hepatitis deaths decrease due to targeted drug therapy

There was an 11% fall in the number of deaths linked to hepatitis in 2015, PHE's annual report into the condition has found

Thousands of nurses at risk due to Brexit, RCN reveals

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has called for the value of European nursing staff to be recognised, and the government to safeguard their futures following research that thousands of North West...

Maternity staff do not have enough support to provide 'person-centred care'

Maternity services staff should receive more support to provide 'person-centred care' to improve women's experiences of giving birth and caring for a baby, according to a new report

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