Prescriptions for diabetes medication now accounts for a tenth of the annual primary care prescribing bill for the first time.
Hull CCG has awarded contracts for its Integrated Community Care, Urgent Care and Integrated Sexual Health services to City Health Care Partnership.
Spirometry is a test of how well you can breathe and can help in the diagnosis of different lung diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
How big a problem is heart disease in Britain? It's massive, according to University of Reading heart disease researcher Dr Sam Boateng.
The CQC has appointed a senior mental health nurse as a national advisor for mental health nursing at the CQC.
Offering all pregnant women in the UK iodine supplements could provide the NHS with massive savings, according to new research.
Primary care staff will feel the pressure following Monitor's advice to Trust's with financial deficits to only fill 'essential vacancies', says leading nurse figure.
The school nursing service in North Staffordshire will be replaced by a new system which will offer year round care for school age children.
NICE is calling for a senior nurse or midwife to join its board as a non-executive director (NED).
Close to a million consultations took place in out-of-hours services in Scotland in 2014/15, in what has been described as a ‘looming crisis’ by Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie,...
Midwife Suzanne Barber explains the warning signs of pre-eclampsia.
A conference on improving clinical audit skills will be held on 7 October at Colmore Gate Conference Centre in Birmingham.
A conference on the benefits of active and healthy lifestyles will be held on 8 October at Manchester Conference Centre.
A conference on the issues surrounding nurses prescribing medicine to alleviate patients’ pain will be held on 22 September at the Hallam Conference Centre in London.
An event on revalidation for midwives will take place on 30 September at the Hallam Conference Centre in London.
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