A documentary depicting the difficulties faced by gypsy and traveller communities looking to access NHS services will be used as an NHS training aid.
Over half of people would find booking GP appointments online the most useful advance in healthcare technology, states a survey commissioned by the Department of Health.
The fortnightly round up of key political and clinical news for primary care and community nurses.
As undergraduate courses become degree level qualifications, Seeta Bhardwa asks what this means in practice.
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The NHS needs to overhaul the way it deals with complaints states an independent review chaired by Rt. Hon Ann Clwyd MP and Professor Tricia Hart says.ÂÂ
The review received 2,500...
The NHS needs to overhaul the way it deals with complaints states an independent review chaired by Rt. Hon Ann Clwyd MP and Professor Tricia Hart says.
The review received 2,500 responses describing...
The causes of Alzheimer's are becoming clearer after the largest ever analysis of patient's DNA was conducted. In an analysis of over 74,000 Alzheimer's patients researchers from 145 academic...
The recent report 'Ending 15-minute care' by the charity Leonard Cheshire Disability described the large number of local authorities which commission care to be delivered in the home in 15 minutes.
In Independent Nurse Sept 2013, we learnt that after a year-long enquiry, the Mental Health Foundation concluded that mental health services should be moved into primary care.
The care and health of the elderly, now Jeremy Hunt's focus for the next year, has received a fair amount of media coverage lately. In among all this, a tweet recently caught my attention.
While breast cancer can affect both men and women, nurses are most likely to encounter a woman presenting symptoms. Dr Jean Watkins discusses presentations of female cancers that might arise.
Women may be unaware of the detail around contraception in the postnatal period. Suneeta Kochhar explains the options and best advice to give them.
Many children are not diagnosed early enough. Nicky Kime highlights the symptoms and importance of an accurate early diagnosis.
Careful and accurate assessment of a wound and patient maximises wellbeing and healing. Amber Cornforth provides an overview.
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