The RCN Competency document has a formidable reputation, but does the latest edition live up to its hype?
Reports from UCAS have revealed a 17% drop from last year in people applying to nursing courses in the UK.
Primary care nurses could play a ‘crucial role’ in managing soaring rates of skin cancer through early identification and treatment
Kate Clancy's new book Period aims to challenge several centuries' worth of myths about menstruation
Margaret Perry looks at how nurses working in primary care settings can identify this common skin cancer
David Morris explains how nurses can advise their patients when they drive with diabetes
Sarcoma is a less common cancer that can develop in the bone and soft tissue, and so can affect any part of the body. Around 15 people are diagnosed with sarcoma cancer every day in the UK, and there...
Pupils attending secondary schools are now eligible for free flu vaccine as the Government expands its immunisation programme
The Digital NHS Health Check is to be rolled out across England next spring, with the aim of delivering an additional one million checks in the first four years
A King’s Fund report has revealed that ‘the full potential’ of integrated health systems (ICS) ‘remains largely untapped because systems have not yet succeeded in fundamentally shifting their focus...
The NHS is ‘all about the people who run it’, said Prime Minster Rishi Sunak today in celebration of the NHS’ 75th anniversary
Seven new gambling addiction clinics will open this summer as the services face record demand, NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard has announced
The RCN has warned that the Government that ‘you cannot recruit your way out of a retention crisis’, as PM Rishi Sunak prepared to unveil a ‘historic’ plan to tackle NHS staff shortages
A new study conducted by the King’s Fund has found that the UK is lagging behind other countries in preventing deaths through out of hospital care and has received a ‘mid-table’ ranking overall, with...
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