From 18 January, all nurses from the EU will be required to prove they have a competent grasp of English in order to join the NMC register.
Wes Streeting, MP for Ilford North, questioned government on how scrapping student nurse bursaries would impact on community nursing in a parliamentary debate on 11 January.
A new platform will allow comparisons of dementia data between local authorities and CCGs across England for the first time.
Community mental health services in England will receive over £400 million to improve 24/7 provision of care, prime minister David Cameron has announced.
Student nurses and midwives marched on the streets of London on 9 January to protest the government's decision to replace bursaries with loans.
New draft guidelines for the early treatment of sepsis has been produced by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
Pregnant women should not drink alcohol at all state updated alcohol guidelines produced by the UK Chief Medical Officers.
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Flu is now circulating in the community according to the latest figures collected by Public Health England (PHE).
There are more than 10,000 vacancies for nursing roles in London, according to data obtained by the Royal College of Nursing.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Dame Eileen Sills DBE as the first national guardian for speaking up safely within the NHS.
Men who have sex with men (MSM) will be offered immunisations by the Welsh NHS to protect against the human papillomavirus (HPV).
Certain types of e-cigarettes could be prescribed on the NHS in the future, after the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved a licence for the e-Voke brand.
Over 33% of areas in England do not provide patients with diabetes access to education, a Freedom of Information request by Diabetes UK has found.
Viv Bennett, the director of nursing at Public Health England, has been awarded a CBE for her services to nursing, alongside a host of other prominent healthcare professionals.
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