Receiving a 'positive opinion' from the Committee for Medical Products for Bexsero, a new vaccine to protect against meningococcal group B disease (MenB), is probably the most significant step forward...
It was a privilege to be asked to provide evidence to the Willis Commission. There are three key things which need action following the report Quality with Compassion: the future of nursing education....
By 2015, patients must have the option to book general practice appointments online and to communicate with health staff via 'e-consultations' under plans detailed in the NHS Mandate.
The inappropriate prescription of antipsychotic drugs for people with dementia may be under reported by nearly 50 per cent, according to a study from the Universities of Aston and East...
Practice nurses should develop and deploy 'stronger self-care and self-management interventions' for patients who self-neglect, the authors of a Scottish study conclude. Overall, the standardised...
The tobacco industry is using smartphone apps - a medium that can reach children - to promote its products, in violation of World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO...
The Government has launched a roll-out of telehealth, the use of electronic information and technology to help people manage their health independently, as a way of giving those with long-term...
Levels of satisfaction and wellbeing among NHS staff have a direct impact on patients' experiences of healthcare, according to the National Nursing Research Unit (NNRU) at King's College, London.
District nurses are vulnerable to cuts by organisations 'desperate to save money' because they are 'individually more expensive than less experienced staff', the RCN has warned.
Changes to national NHS terms and conditions under AfC could see nurses' pay rises linked to performance and the removal of sickness pay during unsocial hours, from March next year.
Some 24,000 people die prematurely every year in England because their diabetes has not been managed effectively, according to a Public Accounts Committee report.
Nurses at NHS Direct face uncertainty over their jobs, following claims from health union Unison that NHS Direct is set to close 24 of its 30 call centres. However, NHS Direct said it had not yet made...
All babies are to be vaccinated against rotavirus from September next year, in a bid to cut hospital stays and free up 'hundreds of thousands' of GP visits.
The NMC will re-elect its council next year, to 'allow it to focus on strategic leadership and decision making and to hold the NMC's executive to account'.
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