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NICE Annual Conference

​The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) annual conference will take place on 18-19 May

Innovation scorecard

​On 12 April, NHS Digital launched a new web platform for the Innovation Scorecard

'A healthful form of work'

​An exhibition of the history of public health nursing will be held in the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Scotland headquarters

Helping nurses avoid lapsing

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has produced a short animation reminding nurses and midwives of the different ways they can pay their registration fee to avoid lapsing from the register

Action learning to support change

Nicola Davies outlines an approach that nurses can use to reflect on practice and introduce innovation

Career profile: Nancy Gatawa, Northamptonshire

Nancy Gatawa on her experiences as a mental health nurse and coming back to the NHS after years away

How to have a positive exit interview

What can I say and what should I not say in an exit interview?

International Nurses' Day

​The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is asking members to name their nursing ‘hero’

Psychosocially supporting the teenager with ADHD

Tania Hart, Gillian Eccles, David Bird, and Sarah Wickes use case studies to illustrate the issues

Raising awareness of endometriosis in adolescent girls

It can cause significant pain and harm education in adolescents, write Amie Randhawa and Lucy Land

Psychotropic drugs linked to fracture risk

Psychotropic medications seem to increase the risk of a major osteoporotic fracture

Topiramate for essential tremor: More research needed

People with essential tremor experience uncontrolled movements of their arms and, less commonly, their head, legs and voice

'Excellence in diabetes care' commended across England

There are now more than twice as many people living with diabetes as there were in 1996, with the NHS spending £9.6 billion each year to treat the condition and its complications

Northern Ireland leading the way on midwives' wellbeing charter sign-ups

Northern Ireland has become the first UK country to have all its maternity services signed up to a charter dedicated to supporting staff wellbeing in the workplace

New rules for supervisors could bring 'flexibility' to midwifery support

The maximum number of midwives a supervisor can support will increased from 15 to 20 under a new system developed by NHS England

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