Healthcare professionals should work with parents to ensure that they report any side effects that children may experience from medications, states a campaign by the Medicines and Healthcare products...
Patients with severe illnesses and debilitating conditions will be allowed to trial new medicines before they become licensed, under new regulations announced the Department of Health.
Changes to funding in GP practices could threaten the future of at least 98 GP practices, GP leaders have warned.
High levels of cortisol could predict the risk of clinical depression in teenage boys, researchers from the University of Cambridge have suggested.
New NICE guidance has recommended that doctors and nurses should receive training so they can recognise signs of domestic violence and abuse.
The fortnightly roundup of key political and clinical news for primary care and community nurses.
Laughter is not always the best medicine: sometimes a plaster cast is what's needed.
As the magazine goes to press it is Eating Disorder Awareness Week (EDAW), led by the charity Beat.
At the time of writing, the professional and general media has been alive with debate about the impact of the Francis Report one year on.
Carol Williams explains how she went from a working nurse to nursing director of an NHS England area team, and her plans for practice nurses.
NHS Trust HR director Graham White provides an insight into people and workplace issues.
An in-depth analysis of the latest research, compiled by Mark Greener.
Alison Bardsley discusses caring for patients with incontinence resulting from dementia.
Warts are common and varied. Jean Watkins discusses the different presentations, diagnosis and treatment options.
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