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NHS England announces healthy towns

NHS England has announced the creation of 10 'healthy new towns', to boost public health outcomes

People with type 1 diabetes ‘significantly less likely’ to get health checks

Patients with type 2 diabetes are much more likely to receive checks to their feet and legs than people with type 1, a survey from Diabetes UK has found

Palliative care costs could be reduced by community nursing services

Shifting palliative care into the community could cut individual care costs by hundreds of pounds states a report by the End of Life Campaign

Campaign to oppose serious funding cuts to HIV services

HIV charities and healthcare organisations have launched a new campaign opposing cuts to HIV services across the country

Legal highs threaten to overwhelm prison health services

Legal highs, or novel psychoactive substances, are stretching the health services of a Nottinghamshire prison to breaking point, a report by the HM Prison inspectorate has found

Over a quarter of staff work unpaid overtime

Around 28% of NHS staff work overtime for no additional pay, the NHS Staff survey 2015 has revealed

MPs to debate meningitis vaccine for all children

MPs will debate the provision of the meningitis vaccine following an online petition receiving a record 700,000 signatures

NMC seeks new council member for Wales

The Nursing and Midwifery Council are seeking to recruit a new member for their council from Wales, the organisation has announced

Community midwifery hubs recommended by national review

Community midwifery hubs will be introduced by 2020 to enable women to have better access to their midwives, recommends the National Maternity Review

Improving physical health for people with mental health conditions

A conference to help nurses and other healthcare professionals support physical health in patients with mental health conditions will be held on 23 February at the Hallam Conference Centre in London

Prescriptions in general practice cut in feedback trial

Writing to general practices to warn them when rates of prescriptions are too high can reduce the number of antibiotics given to patients, a new trial by Public Health England has found.

'Disappointingly slow' progress on community learning disability provision

Hospital admissions for people with learning disabilities have increased despite government commitment to boost community provision finds the Royal College of Nursing.

Bespoke ale sales raises £2000 for nurses in hardship

The Cavell Nurses' Trust has received more than £2000 from sales of over 45,000 pints of Edith Cavell Ale

Boost to general practice and community mental health in Scotland

General practice and community mental health services in Scotland will receive £14 million in 2016/17 to improve access for patients, the Scottish Government has announced

Rise in rates of cancer diagnosis

There has been a 12% rise in rates of cancer diagnosis in the last 20 years, according to new data released by Cancer Research UK

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