There should be closures of hospital beds and investment in community care to tackle the burden on emergency care, the NHS regulator has warned.
The government's gaze has been fixed on secondary care since the publication of Robert Francis' report into care failings at Mid Staffordshire Hospital. But like the fiery eye of Tolkien's Sauron on...
There are 800,000 people with dementia in the UK and the numbers are on the rise. Our research shows by 2021 there will be more than 1 million people living with the condition. Yet despite dementia...
I am writing this during International Nurses' week and reflecting on how much I love being a nurse and enjoy working with and meeting nurses in the UK and abroad.
NHS Trust HR director Graham White offers advice on employment issues affecting nurses
Relationships with team members during times
of change can have a
significant impact on productivity and job
satisfaction, writes
Caroline Forrest
Prisons should introduce routine dementia screening for older patients and training for prison officer, writes David Woods
Patients with allergic rhinitis symptoms should be adequately treated and educated, write
Jane Scullion and Dr Steve Holmes
EU regulations to control the risks posed by needlesticks and other 'sharps' in healthcare, have taken effect from this month.
The quality of UK primary care is at risk because NHS England's area teams lack the capacity to develop relationships with GP practices, so clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are forced to rely on...
Nurses' leaders will oversee a pilot scheme for would-be nurses to spend time working as healthcare assistants before starting a degree.
A sweeping overhaul of the support for elderly people is set to be unveiled this year, with the government promising that every older patient will be assigned a dedicated NHS 'case manager' to...
A framework to support general practice nurses in achieving and maintaining competency across all areas of their role, has been launched
Several factors should be considered before a person with diabetes travels abroad, writes
Dr Suneeta Kochhar
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