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Patients missing out on blood glucose test strips

The national clinical director for diabetes has urged practices to ensure patients with type 1 diabetes have supplies of blood glucose test strips, following reports that people are missing out on...

Measles cases: highest annual total since 1994

A total of 2,016 confirmed cases of measles in England and Wales were reported to the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in 2012, constituting the highest annual total since 1994.

NMC to update overseas nurse registration policy

The NMC has reviewed its overseas registration policy in a bid to lead to a clearer, better understood and more robust registration process for overseas applicants, which will strengthen its ability...

Dementia friends scheme launches first sessions

A government-funded Alzheimer's Society initiative to improve public understanding of dementia by signing up a million 'dementia friends', launched last week with the first of its 'friends information...

NICE consults on range of CCG outcomes indicators

Nurses are invited to take part in NICE's consultation on additional indicators for the 2014/2015 Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set (formerly the 'Commissioning Outcomes Framework')....

Dementia cases in care homes reach record high

More people in care homes have dementia or severe memory problems than ever before, according to an Alzheimer's Society report published this morning.

NICE consults on range of CCG outcomes indicators

Nurses are invited to take part in NICE's consultation on additional indicators for the 2014/2015 Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator Set (formerly the 'Commissioning Outcomes Framework')....

Tayside study produces end-of-life care package

A study in Tayside involving community nurses and terminally ill patients has produced a standardised end-of-life care package, which could be a valuable aid for other health systems.

Framework for care of people with liver disease

A framework to support nursing care of patients with liver disease and better identify symptoms, has been developed by the RCN and NHS Liver Care.

Updated NICE guideline for urinary incontinence

NICE is updating its clinical guideline for management of urinary incontinence in women.

Divorce public health from alcohol industry

Multinational food and alcohol industries use similar strategies to the tobacco industry, to undermine public health policies, a paper published in The Lancet claims.

Report predicts shortage of 190,000 nurses in three years

A government-commissioned report looks set to reveal the NHS could face a shortage of 200,000 nurses within the next three years.

Patients voice concern about overdependence on painkillers

A third of people in pain in the UK are concerned about the extent to which they depend on painkillers to manage their daily lives.

Plan to combat UK's 'obesity crisis'

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) has proposed a 10-point action plan to combat the UK's 'obesity crisis'.

RCN calls for community services to support unpaid carers

The RCN has called on 'proper community' services to support the soaring number of unpaid carers in the UK.

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