Leadership for nursing and midwifery will now be solely responsible by PHE, from April 2015.
General practice has the highest public satisfaction rate of all NHS services, a survey published by the King's Fund has found.
Offering vouchers to pregnant smokers to encourage them to quit is not an 'ideal' way to discourage smoking in pregnancy, a leading midwife has said.
Unions have announced that they will suspend planned industrial action, after health secretary Jeremy Hunt and the DH offered a compromised on the pay freeze.
Primary care staff should ensure their patients are aware of the risks of liver disease, the British Liver Trust has said.
NICE is calling for healthcare professionals to contribute to draft guidance to improve asthma diagnosis and symptom control.
Common medicines, such as treatments for depression and allergies, have been linked to an increased risk of developing dementia, in a study published in the JAMA.
People who dismiss symptoms of cancer as 'trivial' or are concerned about wasting a healthcare professional's time are not diagnosed as they could be, a study published in the British Journal of...
PHE has launched a new campaign focusing on improving early diagnosis of oesophageal and stomach cancer.
The public health nurse who contracted Ebola while volunteering in Sierra Leone, Pauline Cafferkey, has been released from the Royal Free Hospital in London.
A small device inserted into a patient's groin could significantly reduce blood pressure and hypertension, a study published in The Lancet has found.
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt is in talks with unions over the issue of the NHS pay freeze.
A high-sensitivity blood test could double the number of diagnoses for heart attacks in women, a study published in the BMJ says.
All nursing students should have strengthened learning disability education say education experts in a report released today.
Women and girls must be adequately informed about the risks of taking valproate medication, prescribed for bipolar disorder and epilepsy, the MHRA has warned.
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