Almost half of the financial value of community care is provided by sources outside of the NHS, a report has revealed
Postnatal care is lagging behind other areas of midwifery, according to a survey from Mumsnet
All political parties must remember that ‘nursing counts’ as the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) publishes its manifesto for the coming general election
Schools and mental health services ‘need to work closely together’ to protect children’s mental health, according to a government report
The falling number of paediatric health visitors is putting children’s health ‘in jeopardy’, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH)
There are ‘many complex reasons’ why nurses might be forced to use food banks, according to Theresa May
NHS England could be missing 12% of its nursing workforce by 2020, according to a new report from the Health Foundation
More than 60% of women worry they are wasting midwives’ time so they don’t ask about their health concerns, according to research from BabyCentre
People’s understanding of mental health is improved and they are more likely to seek help because of increased media coverage, according to research from Mind
England’s midwifery shortage could be set to get worse as large numbers of midwife lecturers admit their plans to leave their jobs in a Royal College of Midwives (RCM) survey
The Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF), which puts money aside to pay for expensive medicines the NHS could not usually afford, has been labelled a ‘huge waste of money’ in a leader cancer journal
The government should be concerned about post-Brexit uncertainty in its workers from the EU, according to a report from the Health Committee
Primary care nurses have poweful potential to prevent death from sepsis, writes Alex Turnbull
Police have been ‘picking up the slack’ in mental health care due to shortcomings in the health-care system
More than half of NHS staff are estimated to be overweight or obese, according to NHS England
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