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‘Nurses have been behind some of the greatest innovations in care’

Alex Turnbull discusses nursing, public health, and Brexit with the new RCN chief executive

New NHS service to provide mental health support for the homeless

The NHS is rolling out a new service aimed at ensuring that those who are sleeping rough have access to mental health support and care

Queen’s Speech outlines policies to ‘strengthen’ the NHS

The Queen’s speech addressed the government’s plans for the NHS and for ‘enabling it to deliver the highest quality care’

Flavoured e-cigarettes should be banned, says outgoing medical chief

Banning flavoured e-cigarettes would help to discourage children and teenagers from taking up smoking, according to Dame Sally Davies, the outgoing Chief Medical Officer

The nursing workforce: in numbers

Nicola Davies takes a look at how the strain placed on the nursing workforce adds up

E-cigarettes are the most popular quitting aid

After some recent negative press, are e-cigarettes still the best way to quit smoking?

Accidents, emergencies... and crises

The NHS should look to other solutions than big hospitals

Staking nursing’s claim on the future of primary care

Nurses should stake a claim to define the future of primary care, writes Crystal Oldman

The overlap between asthma and COPD: a case study

Many patients have contemporaneous features of asthma and COPD, and it is estimated that a significant proportion of these patients have asthma-COPD overlap, write Emma Ray and Carol Kelly

Falls and fragility fractures: the role of the community nurse

Linda Nazarko explains how these common injuries should be managed in outpatient settings

Folate and folic acid: A guide for nurses working in primary care

Sara Patience explains the latest guidance on folic acid supplementation, and who needs it

Why the NHS needs to radically rethink chronic wound care

Mark Greener details the burden of managing chronic and acute wounds in primary care

RCN pledges support to NHS plan to improve care for young people with mental health needs

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has welcomed the launch of a new NHS taskforce to deal with the ‘unacceptable situation’ in care for young people with mental health issues, learning disabilities...

RCN welcomes new report on childhood obesity

The RCN has said that the suggestions for tackling childhood obesity from Dame Sally Davies’ (outgoing Chief Medical Officer) report ‘could help make future generations healthier and happier’

Mental health: new support platform launched

A new platform, Every Mind Matters, aiming to provide simple steps to improve mental health has been launched by Public Health England and NHS England

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