NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson is to leave his £211,000- a-year position in March 2014 after six years in the role and 35 years working for the NHS; he will retire with a £1.9 million...
Practice nurses and health visitors have a perceived low level of knowledge about rotavirus disease and a lack of confidence about administering the vaccine, according to GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
The numbers of district nurses being trained are nowhere near the 'replacement level' required to maintain the district nursing workforce, which has shrunk rapidly over the past 10 years as...
Health bodies have joined forces to reiterate the case for moving care from hospitals to community services.
COPD patients must
be educated about how
to identify and manage
exacerbations, writes
Beverley Bostock-Cox
Scalp conditions that may present in primary care include male pattern baldness, psoriasis of the scalp and squamous cell carcinoma , writes Dr Jean Watkins
Perhaps the most influential role of primary care nurses in gestational diabetes is in its prevention, writes Dr David Morris
Women with a need for contraception should be given information about and offered a choice of all methods, according to NICE. Contraceptive counselling should be individualised to the woman and her...
In-depth analysis of the latest research, compiled by Mark Greener
At least 50 per cent of student nurses will complete community placements as part of the training by March 2015, in a bid to train a multidisciplinary workforce to work in both hospitals and the...
A 'shocking' local variation in early death rates has been exposed by health secretary Jeremy Hunt to drive public awareness and boost council and NHS action to tackle public health problems.
Nurses should become involved in clinical commissioning because they know about local population needs, write Katherine Leach and Alison Burton Shepherd
Tucked away in a narrow street in Clerkenwell, London WC1, is the headquarters of the Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI), the small-but-influential charity dedicated to improving the nursing care of...
Why did you become a nurse?
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NHS Trust HR director Graham White offers advice on employment issues affecting nurses
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