UK patients have the right to free, confidential, quality contraceptive and sexual health (CASH) services. But recent reports point to a disturbing future for contraception services in the UK
According to latest statistics, pancreatic cancer affects more than 8,350 people in the UK each year.
District nurses must stand up, speak out and be counted in a modern primary-care led NHS, writes Cate Wood
The most severe form of acne vulgaris is characterised by nodules and cysts, write Dr Christina Wlodek, Dr Faisal R Ali and Dr Jennifer Yell
James Lambie outlines the potential role of general practice nurses in reducing risk of recurrent stroke and aiding long-term recovery from stroke in primary care
A venous leg ulcer can be managed by improving patient
self-care, write Lee Yarwood-Ross and Carol Haigh
Early recognition and treatment of pneumonia is associated with better outcomes, write Dr Siba Prosad Paul and Dr Jaspreet Kaur Bains
Care homes are being held back by a culture of 'negativity' and 'stigma' felt by both care workers and older people according to a report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
The NMC has voted unanimously to increase its registration fee from ?76 to ?100 from January 2013 in addition to accepting a ?20 million government grant to save the regulator from 'crisis'.
Nurses' leaders have reacted with anger to government plans to overhaul the GMS contract. Proposed revisions in England for 2013/14, include an evolution in the way practices are funded and...
Medications used to treat hypertension, diabetes and skin conditions could double as treatments for Alzheimer's disease within 10 years, according to a study funded by Alzheimer's Society and led by...
Breast screening programmes in the UK 'extend lives' but cause 4,000 women to go through unnecessary treatment, according to the results of an independent review published in medical journal The...
Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) that fail authorisation could be run by neighbouring groups.
Pilots of the NHS 111 telephone helpline have not saved money nor delivered all the benefits predicted by ministers, evaluation has shown.
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