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Update on renal disease in diabetic patients in primary care

David Morris details complications in the kidneys that diabetes can cause, and how best to manage them

Calls for buffer zones around abortion clinics rejected

Home secretary Sajid Javid has rejected calls to create buffer zones around abortion clinics across the UK as it ‘would not be an appropriate response.’

NHS in ‘national emergency’ over staff shortages

New figures from NHS Improvement reveal that the NHS staffing crisis is worsening, with nursing experiencing the most severe shortages

Practice nurses make up less than 4% of primary care complaints

Nurses in general practice only received 3.9% of the total complaints made in primary care settings in the past year, according to data from NHS Digital

Initial findings from pay deal review released

An independent external review found a ‘lack of leadership’ in the RCN when enforcing a communication strategy

New fitness-to-practise approach launched by NMC

New arrangements have been introduced to fitness-to-practise processes against nurses and midwives which allow them to show they’ve learned from their mistakes

New app for general practice

Pilot sites for a new app for the NHS have been announced by the health secretary at the NHS Expo in Manchester

10-year health visiting plan set to ‘strengthen’ services

A preferred plan for the relationship between health visitors and the NHS has been announced by the Institute of Health Visiting

Bowel cancer home-test kits unused by half of over 60s

In 2015, only 49% returned their kits – which is down from 53% in 2010

Tool to measure ‘heart age’ advocated by PHE

Public Health England are encouraging all those over 30 years old to take an online test to measure their ‘heart age’ in a bid to raise the public’s awareness of their own health

HIV diagnoses fall by 17%

Data published today reveals that new HIV diagnoses decreased by 17% in 2017, meaning that rates have fallen for the second year in a row

Male suicide at its lowest in 30 years

The rate of suicide in men in England and wales is at its lowest since 1981, according to the Office for National Statistics

A quarter of student nurses quit before graduating, says new study

One in four student nurses dropped out of university prior to graduating in 2017, according to new statistics

NMC welcomes new council member

Claire Johnston will be the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s newest registrant council member

Elderly population in 24-hour care will double by 2035, says new study

The population aged over 85 years old who are in need of round-the-clock care is set to double, according to research published in the Lancet Public Health journal

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