The UK National Screening Committee (NSC) has approved draft policy that recommends cervical cancer screening in Scotland and Wales should begin at 25 - in line with existing practice in England and...
The NMC has announced its intention to increase its registration fee by almost 60 per cent from ?76 to ?120.
Nearly three quarters of learning disability nurses have seen cuts to services in the past year, an RCN survey has found.
Controlling weight is the most challenging aspect of type-2 diabetes management, a survey of nurses, doctors and diabetes patients has found.
Rosemary Cook CBE is to step down as director of national charity, the Queen's Nursing Institute after more than seven years in the role.
Around 30 to 40 medicines are in short supply in England at any given time, according to a report by the All Party Pharmacy Group.
A report warns that general practice must adapt or buckle under the weight of demand, writes Chris Parr
This video - produced by students at Oxford University Medical School in conjunction with the faculty - demonstrates how to use a nebuliser and explain correct inhaler technique to a patient. It is...
Nurses working for NHS Direct in the south west of England have staged a 'work in' protest against government plans to roll out the NHS 111 non-emergency hotline, which is expected to employ fewer...
The three largest nursing unions are divided over whether to take further action over proposed changes to public sector pensions.
Recommendations aimed at bolstering learning disability nursing have been have been set out by the four UK chief nursing officers (CNOs)
Promoting joint working between primary and secondary care and reducing inappropriate use of antipsychotic medication for dementia patients are core objectives of the Prime Minister's Dementia...
Means testing that prevents some terminally-ill patients from receiving free social care would be ended if the Labour party were in power, shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has pledged
A record number of nurses have been awarded the Queen's Nurse (QN) title at a ceremony in London, marking the 125th year of the Queen's Nursing Institute.
A government strategy for community nursing is unlikely to include a target for increasing the number of district nurses, despite RCN warnings that the discipline is in danger of dying out, the...
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