Public satisfaction with the NHS fell from 70 per cent in 2010 to 58 per cent in 2011, according to data published by independent charity The King's Fund.
Ensuring diabetes patients receive the nine DH-recommended health checks each year should be mandatory, according to the chair of a government spending watchdog. Margaret Hodge, chair of the Public...
The DH has spent more than ?297,000 on a publicity pack designed to lure nurses into health visiting.
General practices in London have been told to expect a 5 per cent rise in workload during the Olympics.
Giving patients the option to score general practices out of 10 could put pressure on surgeries to open longer and see them put 'on trial' online, according to nurses' leaders.
Nurses should attend work as usual on 21 June, despite planned industrial action by doctors on this date, the RCN has said.
Fewer than half of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) have appointed a nurse to their governing bodies despite it being just nine months until they take over commissioning responsibilities from...
Is it worth investing time and effort in social media and what are the key options, pros and cons?
An award-winning scheme is helping vulnerable people to heat their homes sufficiently.
Neither the health service, nor society, puts sufficient value on caring.
Drug-resistant strains of gonorrhoea are spreading across Europe, meaning the disease could become 'untreatable' in the near future, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and...
Clinical commissioning groups are proving slow to appoint nurse board members, writes Chris Parr
Community-associated MRSA differs from the better known healthcare-associated MRSA.
Tackling long-term conditions is not an easy task. With an ageing population, it will increasingly fall on nurses to be a lead health professional in the ongoing care of chronic problems, such as...
On two sunny days recently, in two different parts of the country, I attended two different conferences. Both were focused on the quality of care that people get in their own homes.
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