Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are starting to recognise community nurses as a great asset. However, it is important for nurses to influence service development by engaging with CCGs.
It is hard to disagree with the 'new vision for nurses, midwives and caregivers' published last week by the DH and the NHS Commissioning Board.
As honorary chairman of The British Dietetic Association (BDA) I would like to introduce IN readers to our 'Mind the Hunger Gap: stamp out missing meals in the UK' campaign.
Menna Lloyd-Jones presents a case study demonstrating the effective use of honey as a topical antimicrobial agent in the treatment of a wound infection
Dr David Morris discusses how we can manage the evolving epidemic of the associated conditions
of obesity and type 2 diabetes
The recent US outbreak of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome may spark questions from patients in travel consultations, writes Deborah Duncan
The Liberal Democrats have voted overwhelmingly to halt any expansion of regional pay in the public sector.
The proposal floated by NHS Employers that pay for health service employees should be frozen for a third year running was branded as 'a disgraceful attack on hard working staff' by trade union Unite.
The government regards the NHS as just another industry like gas or electricity when it should be seen as 'the pride of the nation', Labour leader Ed Milliband has said.
Recruitment and retention of nurses should be health ministers' priority, say nurses' leaders, following NHS figures revealing a significant drop in the number of frontline staff.
A total of ?1.5 million has been pledged by ministers to support a potential roll-out of personal health budgets, which are designed to help individuals choose the most appropriate care for...
NHS organisations throughout England are set to receive support from NHS Employers' flu fighter campaign, which aims to increase the number of frontline staff receiving flu vaccinations - protecting...
Enterprising primary care and community care nurses have developed a range of 'socially innovative' initiatives, which could improve patient care and shave millions of pounds from the NHS spend.
Delayed transfers of care between health and social services cost the NHS ?545,000 a day, equating to approximately ?200 million a year, the NHS Confederation has warned.
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