GPs and consultants are limiting advanced nurses' ability to refer patients to other services, according to the largest survey of the profession in six years.
Hospital services must be redesigned and reorganised and out-of-hours access to primary care improved, to avoid demand overwhelming acute care, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has urged.
An e-guide for commissioners and providers of asthma services, setting out the 15 key aspects of care that characterise good asthma services, could save lives and reduce the high cost of medication...
The NHS must comply with NICE guidance on new drugs and treatments or explain to patients why there is a delay, under a DH scheme to be implemented 'by the autumn'.
Incoming health secretary Jeremy Hunt has been urged by nurses' leaders to avoid making the 'mistakes' of his predecessor Andrew Lansley and ensure he listens to nurses' views.
The care and support patients receive from community mental health services needs to improve, especially in areas such as 'help with physical health and day-to-day living' according to a the results...
All pregnant women and those planning to become pregnant, should undergo a risk assessment for venous thromboembolism
Reversing tuberculosis rates in the UK involves targeting patients at highest risk and ensuring concordance with medication.
Typhoid is a travel-related hazard for those visiting endemic areas overseas.
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A survey of advanced nurse practitioners reveals barriers to referrals, pay inequalities across the discipline and a need for regulation.
The Olympic and Paralympic Games may well have inspired people of all ages and abilities to try some new activities, but how do we ensure that a more active nation is truly a legacy of the Games,...
As Danny Boyle's Olympic opening ceremony demonstrated, Britain is rightly proud of the NHS. Nurses working in hospitals and in the community touch the lives of the 800,000 people with dementia in the...
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