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PNs and GPs: Stronger together

At the time of writing the BMA, RCGP, NHS England and HEE had jointly published Building the Workforce – the New Deal for General Practice'. This sounded promising. But primary care nurses were barely...

Strike suspended following Government u-turn on pay

Unions suspended last week's industrial action, after health secretary Jeremy Hunt and the DH offered a compromise on NHS pay conditions.

Tool better equips practice nurses to meet diabetes targets

Practice nurses can target people missing their diabetes requirements using new 'information prescriptions' created by Diabetes UK.

Primary care will help the NHS weather the storm

There has been much in the press recently about the pressures being felt in A&E. Two weeks ago, I wrote about my own experience in A&E (which was excellent) and I think it is important that we...

Skills not money fix problems: rapid response nursing teams

Are rapid response community nursing teams the answer to A&E’s troubles?

Give patients the right advice

The Roman statesman Cicero said, 'Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself'. This might have gone down well in the Senate, but it would have got him into no end of trouble had he gone into...

Type 1 diabetes cuts lifespan by more than a decade

Despite improvements in treatment and management, diabetes still cuts lives short, explains Mark Greener

PHE ebola guidance

PHE has released guidance for healthcare workers considering travelling to West Africa to combat the Ebola epidemic.

Understanding fetal alcohol syndrome disorder

Around 30 years ago, we became aware that autism was not a simple condition, but rather a spectrum of shades ranging from the palest of greys to the deepest.

Deadline for innovation fund

?The deadline for entries to the British Journal of School Nursing's innovation fund is approaching.

Policy digest: Tuberculosis

The release of an £11.5 million strategy designed to wipe out TB in England is the latest development in the effort to combat the condition, which has risen sharply in the last two decades.

A force for health

Community and primary care nurses can form a movement to enhance public health.

Free CPD: primary care nursing

A CPD event for all primary care nurses will be held on 4 February at the Business Design Centre in London.

Cancer patients without home care more likely to die in hospital

Terminal cancer patients who do not receive care in their homes are far more likely to die in hospital, a survey by the Office for National Statistics' has found.

NMC's new Code centres around fewer standards

The NMC has released the revised Code on 29 January.

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