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New health ministers have been announced

Theresa May, the new prime minister, has appointed three new health ministers after the departures of Alistair Burt, Ben Gummer, and Jane Ellison

The lethal highs of chemsex

A worrying trend of combining drug use with risky sexual behaviour is on the rise in the UK. Alex Turnbull reports

The survivors: a tale of two Jeremys

If you haven’t been following British politics for the last month, my advice would be not to start now, writes Mike Shallcross

An update on the Zika virus

Margaret Umeed explains what primary care nurses need to tell Brazil-bound travellers this summer

Vulnerable children are not receiving appropriate care

Vulnerable or abused children struggle to receive appropriate care, leading to problems in later life, a new report by charity Young Minds has said

Jeremy Hunt to stay on as health secretary

Jeremy Hunt is to carry on as health secretary after the cabinet reshuffle

Midwife shortage causes concerns over rising birth rates

Increasing birth rates have raised further concerns over the decreasing numbers of midwives

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.

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