People using mental health services are to be given more choice about how they are treated.
People with mental health conditions who are in hospital inappropriately will move to services based in the community no later than June 2014, the government has pledged.
The government has ringfenced £5.45 billion for public health in local authorities for the next two years. From April, public health budgets will be protected, with local authorities taking the lead...
Improvements have been made in the measurement of nursing quality, but further work and investment will be needed across the board, according to research led by the National Nursing Research Unit at...
Patients taking blood pressure drugs with painkillers are at increased risk of developing kidney problems, a study published online by the BMJ, has suggested.
The NHS Confederation has called on the DH to ensure any new information collections for the NHS should only be introduced if they add value and are compensated for by addressing bureaucratic burdens...
Eating fast food three times a week may lead to asthma and eczema in children, according to researchers from the University of Auckland.
Healthcare leaders have called for 'desperately needed' detail of how ministers plan to make progress on its reforms to social care funding.
The NHS should go paperless by 2018 to save billions, improve services and help meet the challenges of an ageing population, according to health secretary Jeremy Hunt.
Stroke survivors will receive improved follow-up care due to a research tool developed by the Stroke Association and the Greater Manchester Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and...
The demise of the practice nurse lead or adviser role in England would be 'costly and short-sighted', according to research by Independent Nurse's sister title Practice Nursing.
A European Parliament vote on a package of measures to update rules on nurses who move from one European country to another, has been labeled a positive move forward, by nurses' leaders.
The NHS will face a £30 billion funding gap over the next few years that cannot be plugged with traditional efficiency savings, NHS England warned last week.
A meningitis B vaccine called Bexsero has been licensed by the European Commission and will soon be available in the UK
Laboratory-confirmed cases of norovirus fell over the Christmas period, but look set to pick up over the next few weeks and continue to rise until the April, according to The Health Protection Agency.
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