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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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What will nurse associates bring?

QNI chief exectuive Crystal Oldman questions the need for another nursing role and the challenges that could come from introducing one

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Revalidation is not a reason to retire

A group of Unite’s professional officers for healthcare volunteered to make sure that revalidation would be suitable for community nurses

Healthcare's male bias hurts women

Healthcare trials are still guilty of exhibiting gender inequaility and need to adapt to address the anatomical and physiological differences between men and women writes Abigail James.

'We don’t know how lucky we are’

NHS England's director of nursing Hilary Garratt on leadership and optimising NHS resources. By Seeta Bhardwa

Domestic abuse without the bruises

Emotional abuse is a common, yet difficult to identify form of domestic abuse. Mike Shallcross explores how a popular radio show tackling this issue is encouraging the public to reexamine the typical image of an abuser and his weapons

Missing the point of the maternity review

Madeleine Murphy, acting editor of the British Journal of Midwifery, argues that criticising the National Midwifery Review overshadows the real message of the report

Society's most at risk deserve more

GPs are currently debating whether their responsibilities under the current GP contract should include home visits for patients who are living in care homes writes Crystal Oldman

Diabetes prevention in practice nursing

There is a growing epidemic of type 2 diabetes in the UK, writes Beverley Bostock-Cox

Short term gain can be a long term drain

When will politicians and leaders of CCGs and health Trusts realise that we need to start having more 'joined up' thinking, asks Margaret Stubbs.

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Primary care needs safer staffing too

There has been a huge amount of coverage in the media regarding safe staffing, writes Crystal Oldman.

Mental health needs a champion

Mike Shallcross discusses the need for politicians to take a personal interest in mental health funding.

Will practice nurses be recognised in 2016?

Will this be the year when primary care becomes a priority, asks Crystal Oldman

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The culture of blame must change

Nurses must work to support each other to speak up, writes Bernadette Higgins.

Primary care nursing in 2015 and 2016

The NHS has once again had a big year. Seeta Bhardwa speaks to primary care nurses on the ground on their reflections and predictions for the next year

Student loans will damage primary care

The comprehensive spending review this autumn included a welcome increase in NHS funding, but there were spending cuts for nurse education that had been anticipated for some time.

Every nurse can help to stub out smoking

Though we have made enormous progress over recent years, smoking still kills, writes Deborah Arnott.

Mouth cancer awareness saves lives

Figures from Cancer Research UK show mouth cancer is one of the UK’s fastest increasing cancers, with cases up by a third in the last decade alone, writes Nigel Carter

Nursing workforce needs clear plans

This week, I was delighted to speak at two nursing events, writes Crystal Oldman.

Men must speak up about mental health

When the Movember Foundation expanded the remit of its UK campaign last year to include men’s mental health issues, it shone a spotlight on an important and often overlooked issue, writes Stephen Buckley.

Time to end the sugar rush

As a health journalist, one of my universal rules of life is to immediately discard any story which claims: ‘X is the new smoking’.

Supporting breast cancer patients

More people than ever are being diagnosed with breast cancer, says Jacqueline Goodchild

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More support for breast cancer nurses needed

New analysis by Breast Cancer Care recently showed that despite the number of newly diagnosed breast cancer cases rising by a fifth in a decade, breast care nurse posts in England have remained at the same level since records began, says Emma Pennery, clinical director of Breast Cancer Care.

Blogs

What will nurse associates bring?

Revalidation is not a reason to retire

Healthcare's male bias hurts women

'We don’t know how lucky we are’

Domestic abuse without the bruises

Missing the point of the maternity review

Society's most at risk deserve more

Diabetes prevention in practice nursing

Short term gain can be a long term drain

Primary care needs safer staffing too

Mental health needs a champion

Will practice nurses be recognised in 2016?

The culture of blame must change

Primary care nursing in 2015 and 2016

Student loans will damage primary care

Every nurse can help to stub out smoking

Mouth cancer awareness saves lives

Nursing workforce needs clear plans

Men must speak up about mental health

Time to end the sugar rush

Supporting breast cancer patients

More support for breast cancer nurses needed

Encouraging self-management in COPD

Let’s preserve future generations’ health

District nurses can improve carers’ lives

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