Mental health problems affect one in four people and nine in 10 will be seen in primary care. But people still experience discrimination when using general practice.
This is my last edition as editor of Independent Nurse and I would like to thank the many inspirational primary care and community nurses with whom I have worked.
The QNI has been calling for an increase in the number of qualified district nurses for the last two years through our Right Nurse, Right Skills campaign. We also recently undertook a piece work to...
Clinicians must be competent to apply compression therapies and know when to seek advice, writes Lee Yarwood-Ross
Primary care nurses are ideally placed to help men with the spectrum of prostatic diseases, writes Ian Peate
Most squamous cell carcinoma develop in elderly, fair-skinned men, although there are other factors that may predispose a patient to the condition, including excess alcohol intake,writes Dr Jean...
Dr Suneeta Kochhar provides an overview of considerations for patients with asthma
or COPD who plan to travel abroad
In-depth analysis of the latest research, compiled by Mark Greener
Patients with timely access to general practice appointments make fewer visits to A&E
Researchers from Imperial College London related A&E attendance in England to a national survey of patients'...
A league table for England showing 'shocking' local variation in early death rates must drive action to improve public health, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged.
Public Health England's...
The number of district nurses in training is nowhere near the 'replacement level' required to maintain the district nursing workforce, according to the Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI)
The QNI...
STI diagnoses rose five per cent from 448,422 to 428.255 in England in 2012.
The high rates indicate people continue to risk infection through unsafe sex, especially young adults and men who have...
Health regulator Monitor is investigating a complaint by Yorkshire-based Thornbury Radiosurgery Centre about purchasing decisions taken by NHS England and its predecessor body North of England...
Licensed nicotine-containing products can be used to help people who do not feel able to stop smoking in one step, NICE has said.
The public health guidance is the first in the world to advocate...
Having a rapid, irregular heartbeat could be a risk factor for cognitive decline according to a study published in Neurology.
Researchers at the University of Alabama found older people with...
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