Deprivation and attitudes to school negatively impact the health of teenagers in Scotland, a report by the Scottish Government has found.
As many as 60% of women take steps to hide breastfeeding in public, while 34% of mothers say they feel embarrassed by it, a survey by Start4Life, Public Health England’s parenting advice service, has...
England needs 2600 more midwives to be able to cope with the projected annual number of births, according to the latest State of Maternity report by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).
New ‘Ofsted-style’ ratings will be introduced next year to highlight how local areas are performing in key clinical areas health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced.
A major effort to raise awareness of tuberculosis (TB) in London is needed to combat the condition, after a report by the London General Assembly found that some areas have higher rates than many...
As flu season returns, Mark Greener looks at the latest research on the virus and how to stop it
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.
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