NICE recommends that there should be one midwife during birth in its second guideline for safe staffing in the NHS.
Without a large increase in the number of student nurses encouraged to work in practice settings, the primary care workforce could fall into crisis, a leading workforce expert has said.
Nearly 200 practice nurses gathered at the Alton Towers hotel on 24 and 25 February for the inaugural Midlands and East General Practice Nurse Conference, to strengthen collaboration between nurses in...
We know that one of the most important things we can do to build a healthy population is to give our children the best possible start. As Frederick Douglass said, 'It is easier to build strong...
School nurses using text messages to communicate with teenagers were among the winners at the NHS Innovation Challenge Awards on 23 February.
The toll of performing 'emotional labour' in nursing must be addressed, or patient care will suffer, a leading nursing academic said today.
Public health organisations in England have launched the NHS Statement of Support on Tobacco Control, to combat the health damage done by smoking.
A report commissioned by eating disorder charity BEAT and produced by auditors Price Waterhouse Coopers has been released to raise awareness of the personal and economic costs of eating disorders.
Three Norfolk CCGs will develop their dementia nursing services, following a successful two-year Admiral Nurse pilot.
Health Education West Midlands will host a conference for general practice nurses on 24 and 25 February at the Alton Towers Hotel in Staffordshire
A £75,000 fund has been awarded by NHS England to charity The Forces in Mind trust to carry out a review of the mental health needs of people who have served in the armed forces.
Research into dementia will receive a £300 million boost over the next five years, as part of proposals announced by the prime minister to improve the treatment of the condition.
The drug varenicline, also known as Champix, is highly effective as an aid to quitting smoking, a study published in the JAMA has found.
Most women believe that those with a high risk of developing breast cancer should be given more screening, a study published in journal The Breast.
Applications for the Florence Nightingale Foundation's travel scholarships will open on 1 March 2015.
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