Taking blood from patients with learning disabilities is challenging. Mandy Williams shares a new approach.
The DH is inviting people to express their views on dementia research in the lead up to the G8 summit this December.
I drifted into nursing, having left school with no clear idea of what I wanted to do, but knowing I didn't want to go to university. I got a job as an HCA at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, and...
NHS Trust HR director Graham White offers advice on employment issues affecting nurses.
NHS Trust HR director Graham White offers advice on employment issues affecting nurses.
Dealing with domestic violence in practice can be challenging. Polly Neate provides an overview of what is necessary to support those affected
The government and NHS England will invest £1bn to improve online
access to patient records and computerised prescriptions.
Failure to comply with hand hygiene protocols was the top hygiene concern reported by student nurses in a survey carried out by Cardiff University and London's City University.
The fortnightly round up of key political and clinical news for primary care and community nurses.
School nurses are a vital resource in reducing mental health problems in young people, writes Seeta Bhardwa.
Scientists are closer to developing a universal flu vaccine due to testing during the 2009 flu pandemic.
Researchers from Imperial College London recruited 342 staff and students to take part in the...
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...
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...
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...
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