The move to degree-level registration of all nurses in the UK does not appear to affect their ability or desire to care with compassion as well as expertise.
Health secretary Andrew Lansley has written to the NMC calling for an independent assessment of the regulator's proposals to increase registration fees.
Proposals to introduce regulations on medical sharps injuries, designed to protect healthcare workers from injuries, have been put to a public consultation.
The flu vaccination programme is to be extended to cover all children, the DH has announced.
The NMC has expressed 'grave concerns' about the way in which its new chair, appointed last month, was selected.
Nurses working with babies should be vaccinated against whooping cough to protect them against the infection and to stop them passing it on to their very young patients, the Joint Committee of...
Proposals for the duties of health and well-being boards have been published today by the DH, and an eight-week pubic consultation on the plans is now open.
Fewer than a third of people who died in hospital were given a choice about where they died, according to England's first national survey of bereaved people.
The QOF should reward GPs for how effectively they tackle obesity, the National Obesity Forum has said.
Advanced practitioner podiatrists and physiotherapists could become independent prescribers by 2014, under government proposals announced today (Tuesday, 24 July).
The Olympic torch arrived in London this week as it nears the end of its journey through the UK to the Olympic Park in Stratford.
Government proposals to reform the social care system in England fail to address funding concerns, and will not deliver a service that is fit for purpose, nurses' leaders have warned.
A rapid GI test to detect viruses, bacteria and diarrhoea within 24 hours are among the enhanced systems developed by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Game
Type 2 diabetes risk assessments should be given to all adults aged over 40, and those aged 25 and above of South Asian, Chinese, African-Caribbean or Black African descent, NICE has said.
An 'urgent rethink' of mental health care is needed to complete the national rollout of the Improved Access to Psychological Therapy programme, a report has found.
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