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Diabetes education is focus of new guidelines

Increasing education of diabetes is a key message in a series of updated diabetes guidelines released by NICE in order to tackle the growing number of people in the UK with diabetes.

Revalidation has 'enormous potential' for school nurses

The incoming revalidation process has 'enormous potential as a force for good', a leading nursing figure has said.

In your workplace: Keeping up to date with CPD

Graham White answers a question on how to keep CPD up to date.

Biomarkers allow early detection of pre-eclampsia

Measuring blood levels of two biomarkers - asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and homocysteine - might detect women at high risk of developing pre-eclampsia.

Benefits of post-Myocardial Infarction adherence

Poor adherence to certain cardioprotective drugs – including aspirin and statins – 'is associated with a marked risk increase in all-cause mortality' among people who survived acute myocardial...

Career profile: Jackie Greer

Jackie Greer is the head of care services at Blind Veterans UK's Brighton Centre

Nurse pay freeze is a short-term fix

Will the recent announcement that public sector pay is to be capped at 1% affect nurses working in primary care?

School nurses are essential to solve child health crisis

Insufficient investment in school nursing is having a detrimental impact on children and young people, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned.

Thousands of diabetes complications treated a year

The NHS sees up to 200,000 cases of diabetes complications every year according to analysis by DIabetes UK.

RCN toolkit for school nurses

The RCN has published a toolkit for school nurses, to develop their practice in supporting the health and wellbeing of children and young people in educational settings.

A celebration of 50 years as a nurse in the NHS

A review of 'From SRN to CBE' by Mary Spinks

Training for seasonal influenza

Public Health England has released a set of slides to support nurses and other healthcare professionals to combat outbreaks of seasonal influenza

Guidance on infection control

The Department of Health has updated its Health and Social Care Act 2008: Code of practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance.

Achieving parity of esteem

Kate Dale discusses how one trust is providing physical health checks for mental health patients

Stemming the silent epidemic of male suicide

An understanding of who is most at risk and how to deal with suicidal thoughts is vital, writes Ian Peate

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