Diabetic women require close monitoring during pregnancy. Suneeta Kochhar provides an overview of risks and management.
Beverley Marriott explains how as a community matron she became involved in an initiative to keep patients out of hospital.
Graham White explains the situation regarding holidays and long-term sick leave
I had the pleasure of attending the NHS Health and Care Innovation Expo in Manchester, on Monday 3 March (the week before this magazine went to presss) - it proved to be a valuable day for learning...
A report in The Lancet recently highlighted the link between a nurse's level of qualification and the lowered risk of inpatient mortality was striking, and a clear vindication of the move to an all...
Our hard surfaces are wiped, our hands are scrubbed raw, we're laminated and shiny, our jewellery is off, our hand gel on.
The first round of recipients for NHS England's Nursing Technology Fund have been announced.
The Independent Commission on Whole Person Care for the Labour Party has stated that health and social care needs to be integrated without another structural reorganisation in the NHS, in a report.
Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed a World Dementia Envoy to help speed up research into the condition, the Department of Health has announced.
A new degree-level apprenticeship for healthcare assistants will be developed by a group of NHS organisations, nursing representative bodies and private providers to widen access to nursing the...
The fortnightly roundup of key political and clinical news for primary care and community nurses.
NHS Change Day is a grassroots initiative set up by two doctors to inspire people to improve NHS services through pledges to make everyday changes or improvements that will transform the NHS from the...
The Kate Granger Awards recognises compassionate care in nursing. Seeta Bhardwa looks at the winners.
Seeta Bhardwa looks at research into how primary care nurses feel about the prescribing role.
The NHS has been left with almost 4000 fewer senior nursing staff than in 2010, according to the latest Frontline First Report published today by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).
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