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Primary care will help the NHS weather the storm

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...

Skills not money fix problems: rapid response nursing teams

Are rapid response community nursing teams the answer to A&E’s troubles?

Give patients the right advice

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...

Type 1 diabetes cuts lifespan by more than a decade

Despite improvements in treatment and management, diabetes still cuts lives short, explains Mark Greener

PHE ebola guidance

PHE has released guidance for healthcare workers considering travelling to West Africa to combat the Ebola epidemic.

Understanding fetal alcohol syndrome disorder

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.

Deadline for innovation fund

?The deadline for entries to the British Journal of School Nursing's innovation fund is approaching.

Policy digest: Tuberculosis

The release of an £11.5 million strategy designed to wipe out TB in England is the latest development in the effort to combat the condition, which has risen sharply in the last two decades.

A force for health

Community and primary care nurses can form a movement to enhance public health.

Free CPD: primary care nursing

A CPD event for all primary care nurses will be held on 4 February at the Business Design Centre in London.

Cancer patients without home care more likely to die in hospital

Terminal cancer patients who do not receive care in their homes are far more likely to die in hospital, a survey by the Office for National Statistics' has found.

NMC's new Code centres around fewer standards

The NMC has released the revised Code on 29 January.

Public health nursing leadership will be led by PHE

Leadership for nursing and midwifery will now be solely responsible by PHE, from April 2015.

General practice highest rated service in the NHS

General practice has the highest public satisfaction rate of all NHS services, a survey published by the King's Fund has found.

Leading midwife questions cash incentives for smoking in pregnancy

Offering vouchers to pregnant smokers to encourage them to quit is not an 'ideal' way to discourage smoking in pregnancy, a leading midwife has said.

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