Last autumn, charity Blind Veterans UK launched the 'No One Alone' campaign to raise public awareness of the fact that there are more than 68,000 national service and armed forces veterans in the UK,...
In the government's initial response to the Francis report into care failings in Mid Staffordshire, it has been made clear all applicants to nursing programmes will need to prove they are...
A practice has improved patient safety by addressing its management of sick children, writes Anne Baird
Plans to improve care could focus on condoning shortcomings instead of rewarding best practice, writes David Woods
In Putting Patients First, the government's initial response to the Francis report...
Cancer charities have warned of uncertainty over future access to life-extending drugs when a dedicated fund ends next year.
One in four elderly people with mild cognitive impairment - a precursor to dementia - naturally 'reverts' to normal cognition, research from the University of New South Wales shows.
Healthcare assistants (HCAs) overwhelmingly back the recommendations about their role made in the Francis report into care failings in Mid Staffordshire, a survey by Independent Nurse's sister title...
The psychiatric distress from a needlestick injury is consistent with being in a car crash, researchers have concluded.
Payments made by pharmaceutical companies to nurses and health professionals will be published from 2016, as part of an EU initiative to develop more transparency in this area.
Teenagers who exercised at least 20 minutes a day found it easier to quit smoking than inactive peers, a US study suggests. Endorphins released during exercise may help control cravings.
Primary care nurses and health visitors working in the Ayrshire and Arran regions of Scotland have cited NHS bureaucracy, being short staffed and having to carry out work while off duty, as issues...
Opponents of NHS competition regulations will make a last-ditch attempt to overturn the rules on 24 April, in the House of Lords.
Nearly two thirds (63 per cent) of people with dementia feel depressed and a third report they have lost friends since their diagnosis, according to research by charity the Alzheimer's Society.
The MMR vaccination should be made mandatory in the UK, following the ongoing measles epidemic in Wales, an expert in the disease has said.
NICE's methods for assessing the costs of healthcare interventions have been described as 'insufficient' for social care because there are more differences than similarities between the two areas.
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