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A bright future for community care

We know our health service needs to change, says Crystal Oldman.

Taking diabetes care to schools

Phoebe Kurian discusses how an innovative team supports school children with diabetes.

A day in the life of...

Volunteer ward nurse, Vanessa Thomson, on board the world’s largest civilian hospital ship

Children from lower income families at double risk of early mortality

Children who are born into poverty in London are twice as likely to die within their first year as those born into more affluent families, according to research by PHE.

Devolution of health and social care

A lecture on the devolution of powers over health and social care to UK regions will be held at Leeds Beckett University on 25 June.

NICE medicines optimisation guideline implementation workshops

NICE are hosting a number of workshops dedicated to the implementation of their new medicines optimisation guidance.

Complete guide to hand washing

This is a short film showing how to wash your hands correctly with both alcohol rub and soap and water within a medical environment. Doing this correctly is an important first step in infection...

Dermatology update for primary care

Dr Gayathri Perera talks about skin signs in general practice

Diabetes nurse-led clinic

Caroline Dunstan, specialist nurse lead in Cornwall, England, discusses the diabetes nurse-led clinic and the move from a hospital to primary care focus.

Basic wound care – clinical skills

This video demonstrates the principles and techniques underlying basic wound care. It is part of a series of videos covering clinical skills produced by Oxford Medical Education

QNI launches consultation on district nursing standards

The QNI and QNI Scotland (QNIS) are urging district nurses and other healthcare professionals to respond to their consultation on developing voluntary standards for the role, and ensure the Specialist...

RCN appoints new chief executive and general secretary

The Royal College of Nursing has appointed Janet Davies to serve as its chief executive and general secretary, replacing Dr Peter Carter.

Healthy children are the country’s future

Last week I came across an article about Ealing Council proposing to cut the budget for its already laughable school nurse (SN) service (23 staff for 50,000 children) by 50%.

A third of school children have inadequate diabetes plans

School nurses have a key role to play in ensuring that children with type 1 diabetes are provided with effective care in educational settings, a diabetes expert has said.

Diabetes resources

Trend UK, a working group of diabetes specialist nurses, have created a series of leaflets aimed at improving the training and education for nurses interested in diabetes care.

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