Nurse leaders must seize opportunities to develop an integrated approach to the general practice workforce, a leading primary care nursing figure has said.
The fourth annual Act FAST campaign to raise awareness of the symptoms of a stroke has been launched by PHE.
Vitamin D is crucial for good bone health, explains Sara Patience. Supplementing children early can avoid adverse health effects manifesting in later life.
All overseas nurses and midwives will be assessed on their language skills, under new legislation proposed by a report from the DH.
At the time of writing the BMA, RCGP, NHS England and HEE had jointly published Building the Workforce – the New Deal for General Practice'. This sounded promising. But primary care nurses were barely...
Unions suspended last week's industrial action, after health secretary Jeremy Hunt and the DH offered a compromise on NHS pay conditions.
Practice nurses can target people missing their diabetes requirements using new 'information prescriptions' created by Diabetes UK.
There has been much in the press recently about the pressures being felt in A&E. Two weeks ago, I wrote about my own experience in A&E (which was excellent) and I think it is important that we...
Are rapid response community nursing teams the answer to A&E’s troubles?
The Roman statesman Cicero said, 'Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself'. This might have gone down well in the Senate, but it would have got him into no end of trouble had he gone into...
Despite improvements in treatment and management, diabetes still cuts lives short, explains Mark Greener
PHE has released guidance for healthcare workers considering travelling to West Africa to combat the Ebola epidemic.
Around 30 years ago, we became aware that autism was not a simple condition, but rather a spectrum of shades ranging from the palest of greys to the deepest.
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