Smoking cessation
strategies in pregnant women, adolescents
and patients with CVD are outlined by
Differentiating asthma from COPD involves careful history taking and
assessment, writes
Beverley Bostock-Cox
Kathy Abernethy highlights how to promote a healthy menopause without the use of hormone replacement therapy
Nurses must carefully examine swellings of the groin in children in case emergency referral is needed, write Sarah Henning, Meera Thayalan, and Siba Prosad Paul
News that some CCGs authorised in the first wave by the NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB) do not yet have an executive nurse has been branded 'disappointing' by the RCN.
Practice nurse jobs are under threat due to proposed changes to the GMS contract, a survey of GPs has revealed.
Swift decision-making to enable a smooth transition to a system of value-based pricing for drugs used by the NHS must now be taken, the Health Select Committee has concluded, following its inquiry...
QOF indicators are set change in a bid to to improve the health of patients who care for people with dementia.
People using mental health services are to be given more choice about how they are treated.
People with mental health conditions who are in hospital inappropriately will move to services based in the community no later than June 2014, the government has pledged.
The government has ringfenced £5.45 billion for public health in local authorities for the next two years. From April, public health budgets will be protected, with local authorities taking the lead...
Improvements have been made in the measurement of nursing quality, but further work and investment will be needed across the board, according to research led by the National Nursing Research Unit at...
Patients taking blood pressure drugs with painkillers are at increased risk of developing kidney problems, a study published online by the BMJ, has suggested.
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