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E-cigarettes are the most popular quitting aid

After some recent negative press, are e-cigarettes still the best way to quit smoking?

Accidents, emergencies... and crises

The NHS should look to other solutions than big hospitals

Staking nursing’s claim on the future of primary care

Nurses should stake a claim to define the future of primary care, writes Crystal Oldman

The overlap between asthma and COPD: a case study

Many patients have contemporaneous features of asthma and COPD, and it is estimated that a significant proportion of these patients have asthma-COPD overlap, write Emma Ray and Carol Kelly

Falls and fragility fractures: the role of the community nurse

Linda Nazarko explains how these common injuries should be managed in outpatient settings

Folate and folic acid: A guide for nurses working in primary care

Sara Patience explains the latest guidance on folic acid supplementation, and who needs it

Why the NHS needs to radically rethink chronic wound care

Mark Greener details the burden of managing chronic and acute wounds in primary care

RCN pledges support to NHS plan to improve care for young people with mental health needs

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has welcomed the launch of a new NHS taskforce to deal with the ‘unacceptable situation’ in care for young people with mental health issues, learning disabilities...

RCN welcomes new report on childhood obesity

The RCN has said that the suggestions for tackling childhood obesity from Dame Sally Davies’ (outgoing Chief Medical Officer) report ‘could help make future generations healthier and happier’

Mental health: new support platform launched

A new platform, Every Mind Matters, aiming to provide simple steps to improve mental health has been launched by Public Health England and NHS England

Northern Ireland: Nurses to be balloted on strike action

Nurses are being asked by the RCN if they are willing to take industrial action over the staffing and pay crisis for nurses in Northern Ireland

A summary of key topics from the European Respiratory Society International Congress, 29th September – 2nd October 2019, Madrid, Spain

A summary of key topics from the European Respiratory Society International Congress, 29th September – 2nd October 2019, Madrid, Spain

QNI: The oldest nursing charity in the world

Guinness World Records has confirmed that the Queen’s Nursing Institute is the world’s oldest nursing charity

The climate crisis: RCN pledges to ‘take action’

The Royal College of Nursing has said it will ‘ensure that Government plays its part’ in dealing with the issue of climate change

Flu: Record numbers offered vaccine

Around 25 million people in England will be offered free NHS flu jab this winter, Public Health England has announced

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