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Sepsis must be treated with more urgency

Sepsis should be suspected in all patients who may have an infection said NICE, in it's first national evidence based guideline on sepsis

Instability in the wake of the EU referendum

Madeleine Murphy questions what will happen to midwifery and maternity services in a post-Brexit NHS

Multivitamins 'an unnecessary expense' during pregnancy

Most women do not require multivitamins during their pregnancy, meaning that they are often an expensive waste, an evidence review published in the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin has found

NHS Change Day rebrands as FabChangeDay

NHS Change Day has been rebranded as FabChangeDay after NHS England commissioned the Academy of FabNHSStuff to help and support the day

Nurse associate role will not be a 'quick fix' for the NHS

Nurse associates will not be a 'quick fix' for 'current and looming nurse shortages' finds a new report by the Health Foundation

Vitamin D: a public health priority

Vitamin D is an essential nutrient but children can easily become deficient

The Government needs to urgently invest in a ‘homegrown’ nursing workforce

Last week’s research by the Institute for Employment Studies revealed the scale of challenges facing the NHS nursing workforce, with one in three nurses due to retire in the next 10 years.

Bursary decision is unforgivable

The decision to scrap the NHS bursary is one of the most poorly made decisions by this government to date, writes Wes Streeting.

Funding changes will not help safety

The QNI is alarmed by the plans for the removal of all HEE funding for post-registration award, writes Crystal Oldman.

Exposing the Brexit campaign's NHS promises

Elation or devastation—Friday 24 June was a day that British people are not likely to forget. I was broken-hearted.

Community programme to raise awareness of diabetes in BME people

Leeds Beckett University is holding a community programme to give health advice to Black Caribbeans and Black Africans this month

HPV to be focus of cervical screening

Women will be tested for the human papilloma virus (HPV) as part of screening for cervical cancer before a cytology test

UK heading for a major nursing shortage

A third of nurses intend to retire in the next 10 years, and with a lack of nurses being trained, the UK faces a huge shortage of nurses in the near future

Government commits to high quality palliative care

The government has made six commitments to provide all patients coming to the end of their lives with high quality and compassionate care

QNI echoes fears that scrapping bursary could harm nursing

The Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) said that scrapping student nurse funding could 'destabilise the NHS'

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