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Revalidation is not a reason to retire

A group of Unite’s professional officers for healthcare volunteered to make sure that revalidation would be suitable for community nurses

Demystifying revalidation

The NMC provides reports from two pilot schemes which may alleviate some fears around the new process

Managing pin sites in primary care

As the use of external fixation increases, guidance for care is offered by Maria Vincent and Katy Emberton

Health and social care to be integrated into partnerships in Scotland

A new project that will see health and social care become more integrated will go live on 1 April, the Scottish Government has announced.

New partnership to improve treatment of arthritis

A new partnership that will focus on improving the care provided to patients with arthritis has been launched by Arthritis Care, and AposTherapy, a company which develops personalised, surgery and...

Nursing associates will lead to ‘further reductions in workforce’

The majority of nurses believe that the introduction of the nursing associate role will lead to further reductions in the nursing workforce, a survey by the RCN has found.

Slow growth in district nurse training places

The number of district nurses in specialist practice programmes across the UK has risen in 2014/15 but that growth is slower than in previous years a report by the Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) has...

Healthcare's male bias hurts women

Healthcare trials are still guilty of exhibiting gender inequaility and need to adapt to address the anatomical and physiological differences between men and women writes Abigail James.

Levy on sugary drinks announced in Budget

A levy on sugary drinks will come into force from April 2018, the chancellor George Osborne announced in the Budget statement on 16 March

HIV drug could prevent skin cancer becoming untreatable

A drug used to treat HIV could stop changes in skin cancer cells that leads to them becoming resistant to treatment, according to a study published in Cancer Cell

New app to encourage vaccination uptake in pregnancy

A free app to guide and remind pregnant women about vaccines has been launched by researchers from Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Hospice launches campaign to sponsor a nurse

The Bolton Hospice has launched a 'sponsor a nurse' campaign, to boost nurse numbers and improve the education and training they receive

Third season of unusually high scarlet fever cases recorded

Public Health England has reported steep increases in scarlet fever across England with a total of 6157 new cases since September 2015

Demonstrating and expanding nursing competence

A conference to support nurses to demonstrate competencies will be held on 11 March at the Hallam Conference Centre in London

'We don’t know how lucky we are’

NHS England's director of nursing Hilary Garratt on leadership and optimising NHS resources. By Seeta Bhardwa

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