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Fertility advice for breast cancer patients found lacking

Breast cancer patients are not being referred to specialists to discuss how their condition could affect fertility, research by charity Breast Cancer Care has found.

Welsh nurses secure one per cent pay rise

The Welsh Government has agreed to award workers in the Welsh NHS with a one per cent pay rise, as part of negotiations to avoid strike action.

Do-it-yourself health gets results

A project giving parents the confidence to manage self-limiting illness is outlined by Emma Cassells

Contraception for young women

The options for oral tablets and long-acting reversible contraception are outlined by Suneeta Kochhar

QNI carer champions

The QNI is hosting the last in a series of 'champion days,' for nurses who are interested in the QNI's Carer Champion project

Managing respiratory patients to avoid admissions

COPD, best use of resources, management, patient care and inhaler technique are discussed by Beverley Bostock-Cox

Poor access to specialist nurses for COPD patients

There has been a nine per cent reduction in access to specialist respiratory nursing services for patients living with COPD since 2008, according to a Royal College of Physicians' report.

Mobile working for community nurses in Solihull

Community nurses in Solihull are piloting mobile working.

Practice nurses identify need for education on new vaccines

A series of educational webinars is being developed to provide essential information for practice nurses on meningococcal disease and the licensed meningococcal B vaccine.

JCVI recommends HPV vaccine for men who have sex with men

The national immunisation schedule should include a vaccination for the human papilloma virus (HPV) for men who have sex with men (MSM), according to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and...

Scottish nurses create innovative local methods of patient review

Community nurses in Scotland are being encouraged to come up with innovative ways to review patient care.

Nursing practice conference

Nurse Clinics 2014 will be held on 19 November 2014 at Colmore Gate in Birmingham. The conference will be chaired by Dr Richard Hatchett, author of 'Nurse Led Clinic: Practice Issues' and deputy head...

NHS winter budget boosted

The government has boosted winter funding with the NHS to alleviate pressures on services, the DH has announced

Premature birth is highest cause of infant deaths globally

Complications relating to premature birth account for over one million deaths in under-fives worldwide each year, a study published in The Lancet has found.

Antibiotic awareness day

PHE has released a number of resources for European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) on 18 November.

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