Regional variations exist in the rates of adolescents aged 15 who smoke, a report released by the HSCIC has found.
Eleven former nurses in Lincolnshire have begun training to become registered nurses in community and acute settings, as part of the Return to Practice programme run by Health Education East Midlands.
Janet Davies takes over from Peter Carter as chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing today.
Text messages might offer a 'simple-to-use, cost-effective means for nurses to promote medication adherence,' an integrative review of 13 studies concluded.
Patients lose faith in healthcare professionals if it takes more than three trips to the GP to be referred for cancer tests states research by Cancer Research UK scientists.
Student midwives studying at the University of Salford have been awarded record marks in examinations for the United Nations International Children¹s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Baby Friendly...
The House of Comons Health Select Committee is inviting written submissions on the challenges affecting primary care services in England.
The number of nurses prescribing controlled drugs in primary care settings rose by 12% in 2014, according to a report published by the CQC.
The relationship between practice nurses and GPs is crucial to ensuring that patients receive high-quality palliative care, according to draft guidance on end-of-life care released by NICE.
In a speech on 16 July at the King's Fund, health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced his intention to impose seven-day working on hospital consultants in September, should negotiations with the BMA fail....
Carers are crucial to the NHS. Clare Farmer discusses how a team in Sussex is supporting them locally
Practice nurses and other primary care health professionals are 'particularly important' to the screening and diagnosis of hepatitis C, a leading figure has said after a PHE report showed a rise in...
Demand for advanced nurse practitioners (ANPs) has increased by 64% between quarter one and quarter two in 2015 according to analysis from a healthcare recruiter.
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