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Ex-smokers see positive changes within two weeks of quitting

A new study has revealed that 95% of ex-smokers see positive changes in as little as two weeks after quitting

How wilful blindness enabled a murderer

A modern-day Cassandra might be tempted to keep her warnings to herself and rise to the top of an organisation where she has foreseen that there will be no penalty for failure

Diagnosis and management of scabies in a primary care setting

Margaret Perry discusses the key features of this common but distressing skin condition

Lowering the NHS carbon footprint

Mark Greener looks at whether efforts to reduce health care’s impact on the climate are too little, too late

Taking general practice to the heart of the community

Community health and wellbeing workers are providing proactive outreach to a London community; building trust and relationships, and offering wide-ranging support to residents, reports Kathy Oxtoby

New toolkit to reduce suicide in the NHS workforce launched

NHS England has created a national suicide prevention toolkit for England, aimed at helping NHS organisations reduce the risk of suicide in the workforce

More than one million people invited for lung cancer checks

More than one million people (1,052,083) have been invited for a lung cancer check, as part of the biggest programme to improve early lung cancer diagnosis in health service history.

Skin conditions and diabetes: management in primary care pt.1

David Morris explains the skin conditions experienced patients with diabetes, in the first article of a series

Half of adults in England do not feel confident in spotting signs of a heart attack

There is a lack of confidence among the public in recognising the symptoms of a heart attack, with nearly half (45%) of adults saying they were not confident they could recognise the signs, a survey...

Survey seeks women’s views on reproductive health

Women in England are being encouraged to help shape reproductive health policy by sharing their experiences, as the government launches a landmark survey.

NHS managers must ‘act urgently’ to protect nurses and patients in buildings at risk of collapse

The RCN have responded to the reports from government that NHS hospitals in England should prepare to evacuate staff and patients in buildings at risk of collapse

NHS launches first-ever sexual safety charter to help protect staff

More support will be provided to NHS staff who have suffered harassment or inappropriate behaviour, thanks to a first of its kind sexual safety charter

NHS to make ‘vital changes’ to vaccines as shingles jab expanded and HPV vaccine reduced to one dose

The NHS have announced today that 900,000 people will become eligible for a shingles vaccine, this comes on the same day that the HPV vaccine moves to a single dose

Increased COVID-19 variant risk pushes vaccine programmes forward

Millions of eligible people are to be offered a COVID-19 vaccine from 11 September, in line with the latest expert guidance. The push comes amidst increased concerns of new covid variants.

Workforce plan risks ‘collapse’ without suitable investment, warns RCN

The ‘Implications of the NHS workforce plan’ report, published today by the IFS warns that unprecedented increases in growth and productivity will be required to deliver on the plan’s staffing...

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