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The NHS is multi-faceted and ever-evolving. Find out what key opinion leaders, nurses and politicians think of the latest changes in the health service and how it impacts primary care nurses.

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Life on the frontline: what it’s like to be a newly qualified GP nurse during COVID-19

Claire Carmichael, who graduated from Birmingham City University, is a newly qualified nurse working in the community as a GP nurse. In recognition of healthcare professionals around the world on World Health Day (7 April), Claire shares what it’s like to be a frontline nurse during the coronavirus outbreak…

The future of education for practice nurses

The education of nurses in general practice is key to the sector’s future

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Back in the Hunt: what Jeremy did next

How will the former health secretary fare as the new chair of the Health Select Committee?

Welcoming in the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife

2020 is the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, it’s time to celebrate our profession

The responsibility Boris Johnson can’t duck

?So the least wanted and oddest election of my lifetime is over, and the result has been a fairly emphatic victory for blond ambition. And just as we predicted in November’s IN, the NHS was invoked in various unedifying ways during the campaign

GP home visits – a necessity, not an indulgence

What a sad indictment it is of our society when GPs say they no longer have the capacity to offer care to the most vulnerable, those who are housebound and elderly.

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Sex and disability: The conversation we urgently need to have

We want to be part of normalising the conversations around sex and disability, and this also means better supporting professionals who work young people and their diverse needs.

Help the NMC shape nursing’s future

The NMC wants to play a leading role in driving up standards and enabling better, safer care, writes Andrea Sutcliffe

The needle and the damage done

As deaths from drug overdoses rocket, Mike Shallcross asks if it's time for a bolder approach to this public health emergency

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The modern scandal of menstrual education in our schools

Ian Peate explains why sex education is essential for school children

Can Jeremy make it to Number Ten?

A former health secretary may become our prime minister. It would be the smart choice, argues Mike Shallcross

Thinking again about assisted dying

This week Parliament entered the debate on assisted dying, with many MPs arguing for a change in the current law. IN Editor Mike Shallcross explains why he believes it's time for a rethink

Dental care – a fundamental human right?

Good oral health should be seen as a fundamental human right; it is inseparable from a person’s general health and wellbeing. Nurses are ideally placed in making every contact count, particularly with regards to oral health, argues Ian Peate

A new model for children's services

Chris Hanvey calls for a new model of 'integrated and collaborative services" to fulfil society's duty of care for children

The joined-up future of primary care services

Crystal Oldman explains the thinking behind the QNI and the RCN's new report Outstanding Models of District Nursing

Roald Dahl Nurses: making a difference and measuring it

Roald Dahl’s Marvellous Children’s Charity is working in partnership with Sheffield Hallam University on an evaluation project to demonstrate the value and impact of Roald Dahl Specialist Children’s Nurse posts. Project manager Candice Pellet gives us a progress report

21st century healthcare, 19th century access

Why, in this high-tech era, are people queueing in the rain for a GP appointment?

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The end of HIV, and what it teaches us

An observational study of 1000 gay couples in the Lancet showed that HIV-positive patients treated with antiretroviral therapy (ART), reduced their risk of passing the virus on to zero. Is this the end of AIDS?

Children's mental health in crisis

The NHS has a small window of time in which to help young people with mental health problems, and they are failing miserably

The Role of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner

The role provides great opportunities for patients and nurses, writes Yemisi Osho

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The pros and cons of using telehealth services

Telehealth consultations are innovative, but feature some potential drawbacks

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A no deal brexit would be a disaster for nurses

As Britain faces leaving the EU without a deal, Donna Kinnair discusses the implications for the NHS

Combatting the psychological effects of diabetes

Diabetes Specialist Nurses have a key role in supporting patients and their mental health, says Lesley Mills

Where the Long-Term Plan comes up short

There is nothing governments like more than a long-term plan for the NHS, there have been 13 in the last 18 years alone. The changing health landscape, funding pressures and the political class’s failure to build cross-party consensus around health, make the NHS catnip for tinkerers.

As 2018 closes and 2019 begins

As 2018 comes to an end, Ian Peate looks ahead to what is in store for nursing in 2019

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