Just 1 per cent of general practices are providing patients with online access to electronic health records, it has been clamed. According to a report by think tank 2020Health, the use of Personal...
The proportion of people engaging in unhealthy lifestyle behaviours has fallen significantly, but almost all the improvement has been among higher socio-economic groups, a King's Fund report has...
The number of qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff working in the NHS has fallen by more than 4,800 since April 2010, official figures have revealed. There are currently 276,608...
Dark chocolate and cocoa products which are rich in a group of chemicals called flavanols may reduce blood pressure, a meta-analysis of 20 studies suggests.
Smokers using varenicline are more likely to quit than those using other cessation treatments, according to a Pfizer-sponsored analysis of 146 randomised controlled studies.
Increasing water intake may improve quality of life for some people who experience recurrent headaches. The study included 102 patients who reported at least two moderately intense headaches or at...
Excessive alcohol consumption increases the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) - the most common cause of visual loss in people over 65 years of age - according to an Australian...
Around a quarter of patients who present in primary care with jaundice may have cancer, according to an analysis of a UK general practice database. The study highlights the importance of urgent...
The vast majority of nurses and midwives are opposed to a 58 per cent increase in the NMC registration fee, according to separate surveys by the three biggest nursing unions.
News focus - Professor Viv Bennett is the UK's first ever director of nursing within the Department of Health. Chris Parr meets her
The Scottish government is facing calls to review its policy offering free personal care to people in their own homes after the cost of the scheme rose by 157 per cent in the last seven years. The...
The DH is keeping 'a close eye' on how many jobs have been created to accommodate more than a thousand health visitors expected to qualify this month, amid concerns there will not be sufficient posts...
More than three quarters of practice nurses do not feel engaged with the work of their clinical commissioning group (CCG), an Independent Nurse survey has found.
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