The UK ‘significantly lags’ behind other European countries on its rates of peer support for breastfeeding, according to research from Cardiff University
Social care ‘must be properly resourced’ if the government hopes to streamline the transition from hospitals to social care settings for patients, according to the Royal College of Nursing
The number of people sleeping rough in London doubled from 2009-2015
Nursing homes face a ‘tipping point’ as one in three failed Care Quality Commission inspections into adult social care provision
A drug which would be a lifeline for children with an extremely rare inherited condition has been approved by NICE in an unprecedented step forward
Scottish authorities ‘should not be complacent’, according to the Royal College of Nursing, despite a report from the Nuffield Trust comparing the country’s NHS favourably over the rest of the UK
Health visitors need to ‘collaborate with the community’ to help half a million children a Children’s Commissioner report has found to be living in vulnerable situations
Up to 35,000 people with a learning disability take a prescribed psychotropic drug every day despite not having a diagnosed mental health problem
With more than 5,000 new cases of female genital mutilation recorded in England over the past year, the Royal College of Midwifery has called for ‘renewed focus’ on combating the practice
The Mental Health Act is ‘not fit for purpose’ according to Mind, who are calling on the government to review the possibility it overlooks people’s rights and dignity
Nurses’ pay has stagnated for over a decade, according to a report on public sector pay from the Office of Manpower Economics
Nursing numbers continue to fall as the Nursing and Midwifery Council announced more nurses and midwives are leaving their register than joining
Abortions will now be free for women in Northern Ireland when they travel to England to have them, the government has announced following a vote on the Queen’s speech
Nurses could help turn more people onto talking therapies as more than half of all CCGs are revealed to be missing their targets for getting people with mental health problems into counselling
The Scottish government has indicated it plans to lift the pay cap, according to the finance secretary
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