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More pressure on London’s maternity wards as birth rates set to rise, says King’s Fund report

Demographic changes in the capital will place additional pressure on hospital beds at a time when supply is already failing to keep up with demand

More nurses and midwives are leaving the profession than joining it, according to new RCN report

After years of increasing numbers, more nurses and midwives are now leaving the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register than are joining it, new Royal College of Nursing (RCN) report says

Cavell Trust announces new ‘safety net’ for nurses

The Cavell Nurses’ Trust is seeking to establish a ‘safety net’ for struggling nurses by calling on hospital trusts, private health companies and health care recruiters to get involved with its new...

Last chance to book for PCN Expo North

PCN Expo North 2017 will be taking place on the 10th October 2017 at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool

Jeremy Hunt promises the ‘biggest expansion of nurse training in the history of the NHS’, but fears persist over the quality of care

The Health Secretary has committed to training thousands more nurses and nursing associates through new apprenticeship scheme, bypassing the traditional university degree

The NHS is stuck in the past and in urgent need of change, according to new chief inspector for hospitals

New chief inspector has warned hospitals that NHS model is outdated and ‘not fit for the 21st century’

Massive support for removing the NHS pay cap from the public, says survey

More than 4 in 5 people support lifting the pay cap that has seen NHS staff’s wages stagnate over the past 7 years

Rates of HIV on the rise for over-50s in the UK and Europe

Rates of HIV for the over-50s are on the rise, according to new research by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

Epilepsy drug risks not being provided to the majority of pregnant women

Pregnant women who use the drug sodium valproate, which is an effective relief for epilepsy and bipolar disorder, are not being informed about the risk to their unborn child

Number of NHS mental health staff taking long-term stress-related leave rockets

There has been a 22% increase in the in the number of NHS mental health staff who have taken sick leave due to their own mental health over the past 5 years

Stoptober to back use of e-cig in major development

The government Stoptober campaign has publicly backed the use of e-cigarettes for the first time

London sees a fall in its rate of gonorrhoea for the first time in 8 years

A new Public Health England (PHE) report shows cases of gonorrhoea dropping by almost a 5th in the capital, compared to previous year

Today’s young people experiencing higher levels of depression than previous generations, says study

Today’s children are more likely to be depressed than previous generations. The chances of depression are far higher for girls than boys, and for those in a lower socio-economic background compared to...

Dementia sufferers receiving inadequate care in their final years

Dementia sufferers are not being provided with specialist health care services and are instead relying on GPs to support them, according to new research by Marie Curie

Mind the (skills) gap

Primary and community nurses care for people across their life span from birth to death. They help to treat and manage a plethora of conditions and so the profession’s training needs are very broad....

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