The Queens Nursing Institute (QNI) is calling on nurses to apply to its Fund for Innovation and Leadership 2014.Â
Grants of up to £5,000 are available as well as a year-long professional development...
General practices have been urged to improve their paediatric expertise and provide opening hours that meet the needs of working parents.
General practices may face an 'administrative nightmare' when the rotavirus vaccination is added to the childhood immunisation schedule in July, nurses have warned.
Bowel Independence Day was launched on 3 July with an event at the House of Lords hosted by Baroness Masham.
The day, now in its second year, aims to raise awareness of bowel and bladder illnesses and...
Public Health England (PHE) has released a document outlining how nurses should use their skills to make an impact on public health.
The Nursing and Midwifery Contribution to Public Health review...
A new project aims to reduce the number of sleeping tablet prescriptions made each year, by improving access to cognitive behavioural therapy for people with insomnia.
It is a collaborative project...
More funding will be put into training student nurses in Northern Ireland after concerns that the current education budget was inadequate were raised by the RCN.
Edwin Poots, the health minister for...
More needs to be done across health and care services to improve the treatment that people with learning disabilities receive, says care and support minister, Norman Lamb.
Two new publications from...
Curan Lady is a convenient and discreet compact catheter for women who use ISC (intermittent self-catheterisation). Â The size and look of a pen, it is easy to open and ready to use. Â Curan Lady...
Plans to cap the number of times patients can visit general practice in a year, before being charged for appointments are being considered by the government.
The government has agreed in principle to implement reforms to the NMC to make the fitness to practise process faster, more consistent and more economical.
A community hospital ward set up in a Kent hospital is helping to rehabilitate patients with complex needs and speed up discharge times.
More than 1,000 extra health visitors have been recruited over the past two years, according to workforce figures, suggesting the government is making headway in its pledge to have an extra 4,200...
A practice nurse development programme piloted in Tower Hamlets could become a model for speedy, tailored training that boosts competencies and specialist knowledge.
General practices will have to ensure all young adults starting university are offered a booster dose of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate (MenC) vaccine as part of a catch-up campaign.
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