As a health journalist, one of my universal rules of life is to immediately discard any story which claims: ‘X is the new smoking’.
Nurses are at the heart of clinical home care provision, a white paper by healthcare provider Healthcare at Home has stated.
Chief Nursing Officer Jane Cumings is now 'content for revalidation to proceed in England from April 2016', in a letter to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
A new framework has been launched to support health and social care staff who work with people living with dementia and their carers, by Health Education England (HEE).
More than 20,000 patients could have their cancer diagnosed at an earlier stage, improving their chances of survival, if regional variations in diagnosis were addressed, according to a report by...
The RCN and the National Council for Palliative Care will host an interactive workshop titled ‘Let’s talk about end-of-life care on 28 October at RCN Wales headquarters
A children's community liaison nurse has been nationally recognised at the National Positive Practice in Mental Health awards for her work with young people.
The chancellor of the exchequer George Osborne should reconsider the decision to slash £200 million from public health budget, according to a letter from several healthcare bodies.
Fast diagnostic tests to identify viral and bacterial infections are needed to reduce unnecessary prescribing, a report by the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance has found.
An overview of how to treat the most common types of pain experienced by children. By A Sahib El-Radhi
Women with advanced breast cancer are still not getting the care they need, writes Victoria Harmer.
Active and passive smoking appears to increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new meta-analysis.
Reducing the numbers of children and young people presenting at busy emergency departments or GP surgeries when they could be better cared for at home is an important priority for all healthcare...
There has been little progress in the delivery of recommended care processes and other aspects of diabetes care since 2012, a report by the National Audit Office has found.
Almost 50% of expectant mothers in the UK do not tell their midwife or another healthcare professional that they are experiencing the symptoms of antenatal depression, a survey by BabyCentre has...
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