People with dementia, and those that care for them, see GPs as barriers to receiving a diagnosis, a parliamentary report has found.
The number of drug-resistant cases of TB increased by 26 per cent between 2010 and 2011, according to the Health Protection Agency (HPA).
Nurse leadership should be encouraged and supported 'at every level' within the NHS, according to the proposed mandate for the NHS Commissioning Board (NHSCB).
The RCN has re-elected its president and deputy president, who will remain in post for a further two years.
Reducing the amount of time spent sitting down to three hours a day could increase life expectancy by two years, according to new research.
Three times as many health visitors began training in 2011/12 compared to the previous year, DH figures have revealed.
Drug-resistant strains of gonorrhoea are spreading across Europe, meaning the disease could become 'untreatable' in the near future, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and...
The DH has spent more than ?297,000 on a publicity pack designed to lure nurses into health visiting.
General practices in London have been told to expect a 5 per cent rise in workload during the Olympics.
Public satisfaction with the NHS fell from 70 per cent in 2010 to 58 per cent in 2011, according to data published by independent charity The King's Fund.
Ensuring diabetes patients receive the nine DH-recommended health checks each year should be mandatory, according to the chair of a government spending watchdog. Margaret Hodge, chair of the Public...
The DH has spent more than ?297,000 on a publicity pack designed to lure nurses into health visiting.
General practices in London have been told to expect a 5 per cent rise in workload during the Olympics.
Giving patients the option to score general practices out of 10 could put pressure on surgeries to open longer and see them put 'on trial' online, according to nurses' leaders.
Nurses should attend work as usual on 21 June, despite planned industrial action by doctors on this date, the RCN has said.
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