Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) describes a regular narrow complex tachycardia (NCT) (usually > 100bpm) with a QRS duration of 120ms or less.? SVT is a relatively common arrhythmia affecting...
Fewer than half of people with diabetes in England are receiving the basic care they require to manage their condition, national charity Diabetes UK has warned.
Health secretary Andrew Lansley was branded a 'liar' by delegates at last week's RCN 2012 Annual Congress, for claiming the number of frontline staff had increased since the coalition came into power.
Aspirin and other similar painkillers may help protect against skin cancer, researchers in Denmark have found.
The 4,200 new health visitors being recruited as part of the Health Visitor Implementation Plan will receive enhanced training to spot the early signs of postnatal depression.
Former shadow health secretary John Healey has threatened to take the government to court over its refusal to publish the NHS risk register relating to the Health and Social Care Act.
Patients are being denied access to new medicines by more than five years because NICE is missing its own deadlines for over 75 per cent of drugs, a report has found.
The UK National Screening Committee (NSC) has approved draft policy that recommends cervical cancer screening in Scotland and Wales should begin at 25 - in line with existing practice in England and...
The NMC has announced its intention to increase its registration fee by almost 60 per cent from ?76 to ?120.
Nearly three quarters of learning disability nurses have seen cuts to services in the past year, an RCN survey has found.
Controlling weight is the most challenging aspect of type-2 diabetes management, a survey of nurses, doctors and diabetes patients has found.
Rosemary Cook CBE is to step down as director of national charity, the Queen's Nursing Institute after more than seven years in the role.
Around 30 to 40 medicines are in short supply in England at any given time, according to a report by the All Party Pharmacy Group.
A report warns that general practice must adapt or buckle under the weight of demand, writes Chris Parr
This video - produced by students at Oxford University Medical School in conjunction with the faculty - demonstrates how to use a nebuliser and explain correct inhaler technique to a patient. It is...
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