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Patient satisfaction in NHS remains 'steady' for 2016

Patients’ satisfaction with the NHS stayed ‘steady’ in 2016, according to data from the King’s Fund

Shortages see diabetes patients go without 'vital' testing strips

More and more diabetic patients are being refused vital equipment to monitor their glucose levels due to ‘rationing’ in the health service, a Diabetes UK report has revealed

Mature students turning down nursing courses 'when the NHS needs them most'

Thousands of mature students are choosing not to study nursing, according to figures from UCAS

NICE - Free condoms will help stop 'risky sex' spreading STIs

Free condoms could be the key to reducing sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates, according to new NICE guidance

Investigation launched into online primary care services giving 17-second prescriptions

A website giving out prescriptions in as little as 17 seconds is one of four under inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Nurses to vote for possible industrial action over 1% pay cap

Nurses will contemplate the possibility of industrial action as the Royal College of Nursing puts its response to the government’s 1% pay cap to a vote

Every pound invested in the NHS brings back £14, report reveals

The creation of a ‘false economy’ in the NHS could be costing the healthcare system billions, according to a newly published review

Nurses 'in ideal position' to stop physical inactivity of 20 million Brits

Nurses have been asked to do their bit to get patients active as a new report reveals more than 20 million Brits are ‘physically inactive’

Allergic rhinitis: waving goodbye to the allergic salute

Mark Greener unpicks the more-than-minor irritant behind everything from itchy noses to ruined sleep

£9 million initiative will open 'front door' into mental health services for veterans

A ‘front door’ into mental health services will be opened for 17,500 veterans as the NHS pours £9 million into a new project

Nurse-led projects to tackle men's health get funding and guidance

A ‘diversity of challenges’ surrounding men’s health is leading to a variety of ‘innovative approaches’ as a series of nurse-led projects take off

Nurses 'valued and empowered' after one year of new renewal process

One nurse has described feeling ‘valued and empowered’ by the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) new membership renewal process which has now been in effect for a full year

'Low pay and lack of status' causing nurses to leave social care

Low pay and lack of opportunity are turning nurses away from social care roles as the government moves to tackle the high turnover rate

Calls to divert £400 million of prescription funding into mental health

Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are calling for funding to be diverted into mental health care as the NHS moves to free up money by stopping prescriptions for certain products obtainable...

News focus: The hidden threat to district nursing

No one is a stranger to the pressures exerted on the NHS, least of all its staff, but one group in particular is overstretched and under intense financial constraints: the district nursing workforce

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