Nurses in the North East of England are under threat of dismissal from their roles and re-engagement on contracts with less generous terms and conditions.
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has committed to implementing the Dilnot proposals to cap social care costs at ?35,000 per individual, but has yet to confirm a timescale.
A fund of ?100 million has been set aside by ministers to enable nurses to 'improve care and beat bureaucracy' by investing in technology that frees up their time.
Treatment of young people with diabetes in England and Wales is among the poorest in Europe, an audit by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has found.
Women in deprived areas of England have a higher chance of developing and dying from cervical cancer than those in higher-income regions, the Trent Cancer Registry has revealed.
The NHS should be paperless by 2015 according to Tim Kelsey, national director for patients and informatior at the NHS Commissioning Board Authority. Speaking at the Healthcare Efficiency Through...
The NHS must focus on the potential 'gains in the community' rather than on the 'loss of hospitals', when discussing the transfer of workload from acute to primary care settings, NHS Confederation...
The DH has launched the first phase of its model for district nursing, calling on community nurses to take the lead in six key areas.
The NMC has been offered a ??20 million grant from the government in a bid to improve nursing and midwifery regulation, but has yet to decide whether to accept the funding. The announcement has been...
Children with epilepsy who experience seizures may not always receive timely rescue medication in community settings, according to research by the PERFECT Initiative. Its study concluded that, in...
The 'spiralling' costs of the Health and Social Care Act, will undermine patient care while creating significant upheaval, the RCN has warned. Ministers estimate implementing the Act will cost ?1.6...
The backlog of disciplinary cases for nurses and midwives will take more than two years to clear, the NMC's chief executive Jackie Smith has admitted. Giving oral evidence to the Health Select...
Ministers aim to strengthen the NHS Constitution and raise awareness about its purpose, writes Joe Lepper
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