The number of cases of influenza-like illness rose in mid-December, according to figures released by PHE.
Unison, Unite and the RCM have announced that their healthcare members will strike for 12 hours on 29 January.
Dementia was the third leading cause of death in the UK last year according to a global study published in The Lancet.
The RCN will host a day-long event focusing on reducing the impact of FGM in the UK on 6 February 2015.
The diagnosis of diabetes can be for some people a type of bereavement, the loss of function in an organ and its replacement with a life-long condition that needs continuous care and attention.
Jackie Sturt, Professor of Behavioural Medicine in Nursing at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London, discusses being a 'diabetes listener' in her inaugural...
E-cigarettes are beneficial to people attempting to quit smoking, a Cochrane review has discovered.
More than 800,000 babies are born in the UK every year but just 2.3% of these are home births, says Cheryl Opimo-Fisher, a homebirth midwife at Hillingdon Hospital, London.
HEE will invest in a 'rapid expansion' of practice, district and school nurses, however no specific percentages or numbers were included in the most recent report.
NICE has updated its guidance on women's mental health issues before and after pregnancy.
2014 presented primary care nurses with many challenges, but a great deal was achieved as well. These were the top news stories that covered the mainstream news as well as the nursing news.
Up to ten per cent of cases of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) in the UK are misdiagnosed as Irritable Bowel Disease (IBS), a study published by United European Gastroenterology has found.
Patients are being advised to have hearing tests at their local general practice, after a survey of over 1300 people highlighted poor awareness of the condition.
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