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Greater integrated care required to treat mental health

Mental health services should be moved into primary care states a new report by the Mental Health Foundation.
After a year-long enquiry into the future of mental health services, the report entitled...

Extension of Cancer Drugs Fund

A £400 million cancer package to boost research and treatment for cancer patients has been announced by David Cameron.
Thousands more cancer patients in England will receive the life-extending drugs...

New appointment at RCGP

Professor Nigel Mathers has been elected the Royal College of General Practitioners' (RCGP) new honorary secretary of council.
Professor Mathers will work closely with the College's new company...

New framework for elderly care in NI

A new framework to improve the health and wellbeing of older people has been launched in Northern Ireland.
The 'Service Framework for older people' will outline ways to promote social inclusion,...

Largest ever Type 2 awareness campaign

The scale of the challenge of diabetes is frightening. By 2025 there are projected to be five million people in the UK with diabetes - the vast majority with Type 2.

Fitness to practise

At the time of going to press, the NMC Council will have just commenced a meeting at which they will discuss changes to nurse revalidation, and the options available.

More than words

I came across a quote recently from the American Poet Jeffrey McDaniel: 'I realise that there is something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they're experts at letting things go'.

Caring for people with eczema

Skin conditions are common in practice. Ian Peate details the diagnosis and treatment of patients presenting with eczema

Lichen planus in pictures

A relatively common, itchy, non-infectious rash, usually occurring in those over thirty, can present in a variety of different ways, writes Dr Jean Watkins.

Universal flu vaccination for children gets underway

Workloads will increase but benefits should include fewer cases and lower mortality rates. Laura Craig, explains the influenza immunisation programme.

Journals - Dysphagia, AEDs, smoking

In-depth analysis of the latest health research. Compiled by
Mark Greener.

Managing functional constipation in childhood

Effective initial evacuation and appropriate maintenance therapy
are vital for successfully treating constipation in children, June Rogers writes.

Weight loss in type 2 diabetes

Support from nurses is crucial to help obese and overweight patients achieve and maintain weight loss, explains Nicky Kime

Childhood rashes in pictures

A number of rashes symptomatic of common diseases of childhood are seen in infants and children, and it is important to be able to distinguish between them to deliver correct therapeutic advice,...

Antihypertensives, adherence, autism

In-depth analysis of the latest research, compiled by Mark Greener.

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