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The power of pollen: seasonal rhinoconjunctivitis

Seasonal rhinoconjunctivitis affects around 20% of the population, explain Steve Holmes and Jane Scullion

Palliative care in the community needs improving

Just half of clinical professionals believe that people with terminal illnesses receive adequate palliative care in their own homes.

RCM launches election manifesto

The RCM has written to parliamentary candidates asking them to support several initiatives to improve conditions for midwives and expectant mothers.

Policy digest: Mental health

The DH has identified that one in four people in the UK will be affected by a mental health condition

Revolutionising care with the Code

Seeta Bhardwa looks at the key sections of the revised Code for practice and community nurses.

Florence nightingale leadership scholarships

The Florence Nightingale Foundation has opened applications for it's general and specialist leadership scholarships.

The mystery of hypoglycaemia

Hypoglycaemia poses a perennial problem for nurses managing diabetes.

The nuances of end-of-life care

As nurses, we are all aware that when delivering information, it is often not what we say but the way we say it that matters.

General practice nurses 'arrive' but there is more work to do

It has been said that general practice nursing has finally 'arrived': that after years as an afterthought in decision-making in England, those in charge now understand and discuss how to maintain and...

Community: the fifth field?

Practice nursing is one of the only nursing groups without a clear route into the profession.

The NHS must reflect the black and minority workforce

On 23 March at Birmingham's NEC, the QNI held its annual meeting for Queen's Nurses.

Nurses left out of general practice funding

Practice nurses have barely been mentioned in plans for a funding boost for general practice. An extra £550 million taken from three funds (Prime Minister's Challenge Fund, the Primary Care...

First implementation in England of Northern Irish workforce planning tool

A social enterprise in Essex has become the first in England to implement eCAT, a district nursing workforce tool developed in Northern Ireland.

Written off by the politicans?

The General Election campaign kicked off last week. We have three weeks to go before voters up and down the land, including nurses, will decide who will form the next government.

Egg consumption linked to reduced type 2 diabetes risk

Eating eggs regularly could lower the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a study carried out by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland.

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