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Why, when and how to use insulin in type 2 diabetes mellitus

David Morris discusses the benefits of glycaemic control and when and how insulin should be used

Understanding hand eczema: features, diagnosis and treatment

With rates of eczema on the rise, Sandra Lawton guides us through this increasingly common skin condition

Latest clinical research

Mark Greener presents key studies published in healthcare journals

Parents hold to help ease pressure on GPs and A&E by visiting your pharmacist first

​A new NHS England campaign is urging parents of children with minor illnesses to take them to pharmacies before GPs or A&E

A welcome shot in the arm for district nursing services

A improvement resource for the district nursing service is particularly welcome, at a time when there is a greater demand for the service and a diminishing number of district nurses working in the...

Break the silence: it’s time to take on tinnitus

​​Tinnitus is a very common condition, which can be very distressing for those that experience it, so this month’s sees our tinnitus awareness week to help raise its public profile

Inequalities in transgender health

Even after the Equality Act, care for one section of the LGBT community still falls short. By Rebecca Gilroy

Career Profile: Tanya Strange, Newport

A career profile of Tanya Strange, A Queen's Nurse working near Newport

Cases of scarlet fever double in England

Cases of scarlet fever have doubled in England since mid-September compared to the same period last year, a report by Public Health England (PHE) has found

Social care workers underpaid and overworked in the ‘Cinderella’ service

Social care in England is unable to fill posts, retain staff and offer proper services due to low pay and excessive workloads, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found

Superbug resistance could spell the ‘end of modern medicine’ warn experts

The world is sleepwalking towards a ‘post-antibiotic apocalypse’, says England’s chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies

Public Health England suggests radical measures to ‘maximise the potential benefits’ of e-cigarettes

Hospitals should sell e-cigarettes and establish ‘vaping lounges’ for people to use on-site, says Public Health England (PHE)

NHS demonstration: thousands of protesters march on downing street

Thousands of people marched on Downing Street on Saturday in a demonstration intended to highlight the ‘crisis’ in the NHS

Prostate becomes third most deadly cancer in UK, overtaking breast cancer

Deaths from prostate cancer in men have overtaken female deaths from breast cancer for the first time in the UK, new figures reveal

Scottish government to increase student places by more than 10%

Scotland is to see the number of training places for nurses and midwives increase by 360, it was announced today

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