Primary care prescribing varies significantly by CCG, with some seeing rates well over the recommended level according to the 2015 Atlas of Variation, released by PHE.
Community and practice nurses are more likely to discuss emollient therapy with patients presenting with skin conditions than GPs, finds new study by Cetraben.
A children's healthcare outreach team has significantly reduced the time that children stay in King's College Hospital, over the past year.
Nurses and other healthcare professionals should ensure that patients understand how to minimise the risk of contracting malaria when they travel to areas where the disease is prevalent, updated...
Long-term use of low-dose aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) seems to reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer, new research suggests.
Three mothers discuss ways to combine breast and bottle feeding and how this option allows partners to get involved in feeding
An estimated 10,600 people in Scotland die each year without receiving the palliative care they require, according to a report presented to the Scottish Parliament's Health and Sport Committee.
The life expectancy for people living in England rose by 5.4 years between 1990 and 2013 according to a study published in The Lancet.
Nurses can now download a series of resources to support commissioning and delivering of public health services in local areas.
Like Martin Luther King, I have a dream, writes Joan Pons Laplana. I have a dream that one day we well have enough staff to care properly for our patients. I have a dream that nursing will be united...
Ensuring that vaccines are administered safely is everyone's priority, writes Tricia Smith.
The overall efficacy of flu vaccinations in 2014 to 2015 fell to 34%, according to a new report published by Public Health England (PHE).
Heidi Alexander, the MP for Lewisham East, has been named the shadow health secretary for the Labour party.
The need for postnatal mental health support should focus on all conditions, not just postnatal depression, a study published in Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology has found.
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