The BMA has called for a delay in the launch of NHS 111, amid claims the telephone service could 'put patients at risk'.
Clinicians are missing opportunities to help smokers with mental health problems quit, according to the Royal College of Physicians and Royal College of Psychiatrists.
District nursing numbers have been cut by up to a third in some parts of England since 2011, according to research by the RCN.
Hospital admission rates for patients with long-term conditions differ markedly across the country, analysis from the Health and Social Care Information Centre has shown.
Challenging perspectives and exploring benefits may lead to acceptance of change, writes Caroline Forrest
The revised GMS contract will change practice funding, QOF targets
and enhanced services, writes David Woods
Common nail infections may be acquired through ordinary activities such as gardening or cleaning and require accurate differential diagnosis followed by swift, appropriate treatment, writes Dr Jean...
Men newly presenting with erectile dysfunction should be evaluated for cardiovascular and endocrine conditions, writes Ian Peate
Join JWC and Smith & Nephew to celebrate the launch of ALLEVYN Life, Smith & Nephew's latest innovation.
The new NHS architecture comes into being on the day this issue of Independent Nurse is published. Statistics about the incoming structures have abounded in the media and the debate about the impact...
Why are so many people losing their sight unnecessarily due to a treatable condition, wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD)?
In-depth analysis of the latest research,compiled by Mark Greener
Coeliac disease is an autoimmune inflammatory systemic disease caused by exposure to 'gluten' in genetically susceptible individuals.
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