Port wine naevus: A capillary malformation in the skin that affects 0.1 to two per cent of the population. It follows a genetic mutation.
European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD), which aims to raise awareness about antibiotic resistance, will take place on 18 November.
Three different reports published in the last two weeks have highlighted the need to rethink primary care and the role of primary care nurses in order to make the NHS sustainable.
It's funny how these things seem to happen over night. One minute general practice nursing is a forgotten backwater of the profession to all but those working in it, the next, all eyes are on primary...
Hypertension had the highest number of registered patients (7.7 million) according to the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) annual report.
Over a quarter of a million people across England and Wales stopped smoking last month during 'Stoptober'.
Last week, I had the privilege of attending the chief nursing officer's BME conference. It was a lively event where I was able to reconnect with old friends and meet many of our Queen's Nurses.
The Nursing Specialist Group, part of the British Computer Society (BCS), is an organisation for nurses interested in the management and use of information and communications technology to improve the...
An award-winning app has been created to assist stroke rehabilitation. Claire Smith, a language and speech therapist at Manchester Royal Infirmary developed ReaDySpeech in conjunction with Central...
Clinical Pocket Reference has released a portable guide to the practical management of medications, written specifically for practicing nurses. The guide contains information on core subjects such as...
Why did you become a nurse? I went into nursing because I thought it would be more interesting then physiotherapy. I had spent two years in hospital as a young child which may also have played a part...
Complexity theory, as a way of understanding organisations and communities, has been considered as an approach within healthcare management rather than as a nursing tool.
Twenty-five years ago, Tim Berners-Lee, a software engineer from CERN - the European Organisation for Nuclear Research - changed communications forever. Scientists around the world wanted to exchange...
Diabetes UK is hosting a fundraising event called 'The London Bridges Challenge' on 2 November. The event will be a nine mile walk along the river Thames, passing many of London's most famous...
There is plenty to celebrate across nursing and midwifery. It is important we take the time to share our successes and good practice, and to connect with others to hear about the progress they are...
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