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The NHS' gender imbalance: Women are still disadvantaged in nursing

Women fill only a third of senior nursing positions despite making up 90% of the workforce, new research has found

The male suicide scandal

Twelve men will die every day by suicide unless someone starts the conversation writes Mike Shallcross

Staff morale could prove more damaging than financial pressures

Poor morale in the NHS could cause a workforce crisis, a survey by the Nuffield Trust has found

Contributions to nursing rewarded in birthday honours

Fifteen nurses, educators and health visitors have been awarded honours in recognition of their contribution to healthcare, as part of the Queen's 90th birthday honours

Changes to Scottish cervical screening programme

Scotland has increased the cervical screening age to 25 bringing it in line with practice elsewhere in the UK

Jeremy Corbyn is 'determined' to retain the nursing bursary

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reaffirmed his commitment to protecting the bursary for future nursing students, in a visit to Birmingham City University

Knell tolls for Hunt and homeopathy

Replacing scientifically verified vaccinations and treatments for 'bonkers' homeopathic medicine is dangerous. But not as dangerous as the health secretary who champions such treatments, writes...

The housing crisis for health staff

Low pay and soaring accomodation costs could trigger a workforce crisis. Alex Turnbull investigates

New bowel cancer test will increase uptake by 10%

A new bowel cancer screening test will be rolled out across England which should see an extra 200,000 peeople tested each year

LGBT patients still fear discrimination from NHS staff

Nearly three quarters of LGBT patients do not think they will be provided with sensitive care at the end of their life, a report by Marie Curie has found.

National plan needed to tackle FGM says leading midwife

New statistics show that there were 1242 newly recorded cases of FGM in England between January and March of this year

Record number of nurses employed in Scotland

The nursing workforce in Scotland has expanded to record levels, with 59,372 nurses working in NHS Scotland as of March 2016 according to data from the Scottish Information Services Division

A patient story of living with COPD

Lynn Ashton, 46, inhaled toxic fumes when a candle set fire to her plastic tablecloth. She was already asthmatic, and a few months later was diagnosed with COPD. She talks about living with the...

Managing diabetes during Ramadan

A presentation outlining how a change in eating patterns during Ramadan can impact on diabetes

Diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis

Joe Unsworth, Consultant Physician at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, with a special interest in immunology and allergy, and Dr Jasmeet Soar, chair of the Working Group of the Resuscitation Council on...

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