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The future of general practice

With general practice facing a crisis, what measures can practice nurses take to improve it, writes Craig Kenny

Career profile

Vanessa Gibson, Worcestershire

in your workplace

NHS Trust HR director Graham White offers advice on employment issues affecting nurses

The Open Doors practice nurse development programme

A practice nurse training scheme in Tower Hamlets is a stepping stone
for nurses, writes Vicky Souster

Patient self-examination and education in testicular cancer

Testicular cancer rates are increasing but nurses can educate men about self-examination, explains Ian Peate

career profile

Mags Dowie, RDaSH, Doncaster

In your workplace

NHS Trust HR director Graham White offers advice on employment issues affecting nurses

A to Z of baby immunisation

Bernadette Higgins neatly outlines practical considerations for nurses working in baby
immunisation clinics

NHS 111 collapse needs urgent action, say nursing unions

Nursing unions have called for urgent action to stem the 'chaos' resulting from the collapse of contracts for the NHS 111 telephone service in England.

The primary care news roundup

The August round up of key political and clinical news for primary care and community nurses

Staff must administer flu vaccine by Christmas

GP practices and immunisation clinics only have until Christmas to vaccinate all two- and three-year-olds against influenza.

Health check programme boost

The NHS urges targeted individuals to accept health checks to minimise illness, writes Craig Kenny

Numbers of nurses drop by 5,000

The numbers of midwives, health visitors and school nurses has risen over the last five years, despite the NHS losing more then 5,000 nurses. The losses are attributed to a decrease in nursing...

HIV testing kit and employee rules are changing

Current rules regarding HIV are to be relaxed the DH has announced. These changes fall into two categories.
The first change is that the ban on healthcare workers with HIV performing certain...

Dying for drink-young women at risk

Researchers of a report published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health in July looked at the patterns of alcohol-related mortality in three cities - Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester....

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