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Revalidation in a nutshell

Issues of importance are often lost in the volume of information everyone receives daily. Professor Matt Griffiths provides a quick guide to the key points of nursing revalidation.

Debo Kalley, Greenwich

Debo Kalley, Greenwich

Career Profile - Theresa Smith - Northampton

When I was no older than six or seven, we used to go to Margate on holiday. Walking down to the beach every morning, I was fascinated by the sight of patients being pushed on to the open air balconies...

In Your workplace

NHS Trust HR director Graham White advises on broaching flexible working with bosses.

What will revalidation look like?

The NMC plans to introduce a system of nurse revalidation by the end of 2015. Lynne Pearce provides an overview of the situation so far.

A Practical Guide to Nurse Prescribing

A Practical Guide to Nurse Prescribing. For new, current and aspiring nurse prescribers in primary and secondary care practice.

Obesity-related heart disease can be reduced

Lowering blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar could halve obesity-related risk of heart disease and stroke, finds a collection of studies published in The Lancet.

Integration between A&E and primary care can ease pressure

Better access to primary care is critical to easing the pressure on A&E departments, states a report by Sir Bruce Keogh.

Launch of new voluntary CCG governance code

A clinical commissioning group(CCG) governance code has been launched by the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) to complement official guidance from NHS England.

Two weeks in primary care...News Roundup

The fortnightly round up of key political and clinical news for primary care and community nurses.

Reducing childhood obesity

As the numbers of children with obesity-related problems increases, Seeta Bhardwa asks how nurses can tackle this.

Primary care dementia projects win at NHS Awards

A GP and nurse led dementia initiative in Staffordshire, won £80,000 last night for the NHS Innovation Challenge Prize for Dementia. 
Memory First has seen dementia diagnosis times reduced from two...

Wanted - a burning ambition for the NHS

I have been to many national events discussing why the NHS needs to change. Arguments revolve around the 'burning platform' of financial challenge, demographic pressure...

Addressing antibiotic resistance

Antibiotics are one of the most relied on tools in modern healthcare. Without the protection they confer, a host of commonplace infections could not be treated and procedures would not be able to take...

The flu jab protects us all

At the time of writing this I am about to go for my flu jab.

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