This year's mainstream news seems to have been dominated by health and the NHS. There was the Francis Report in February.
The GP contract has been re-negotiated with some changes by the British Medical Council (BMA) and NHS England, which will come into effect from April 2014.
The proportion of NHS funding allocated to general practice across Britain has hit a nine-year low, according to figures published by the RCGP and the National Association for Patient Participation...
The medical think tank, Reform, has released a report suggesting that increasing the price of prescriptions from £7.85 to £10, and the cost of a Prescription Prepayment Certificate from £104 to...
Nurses working in sexual health will now be able to be able the join The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH), the professional body for doctors specialising in sexual and reproductive...
The fortnightly round up of key political and clinical news for primary care and community nurses.
With the impending release of the vulnerable older persons plan, Seeta Bhardwa asks how nurses will contribute.
David Cameron announced that there would be an increase in funding for dementia research at yesterdays G8 Dementia Summit. He wants the UK government investment in dementia research to double from 66...
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt presented the government's full response to Robert Francis QC's Report into the Mid-Staffordshire care failings, on 19 November. This followed the government's initial...
The G8 Dementia Summit, highlighted the importance of support for carers and the patients and the importance of keeping individual care at the core of the focus on dementia.
The proportion of Year Six primary school children who are obese or overweight has fallen for the first time in six years according to the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
The first round of applications for the Nursing Technology Fund are now being accepted.
The fund is open to applications (for financial year 2013/14) until midday on 15 January 2014.
A new report is being developed to explore ways for developing the current models of the general practice nursing workforce.
Primary care services will be able to trial new tools to ensure earlier diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes, a new report by NHS England has stated.
Action for Diabetes sets out how NHS England plans to...
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