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Bacterial vaginosis: management in primary care settings

Margaret Perry looks at the diagnosis and treatment of this common women’s health issue

UKHSA raises alarm about low winter vaccine uptake amongst vulnerable groups

New evidence from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) that showed the uptake of flu jabs took a decline – with only 41% of people with long-term health conditions, 44% 2 -3-year-olds and 33% of...

Collective action by GPs will ‘only punish patients,’ Wes Streeting warns

The Health Secretary urged GPs to ‘stop shutting the door on patients,’ while promising to cut down on red tapism and free up doctors

UK toddlers get almost half their calories from ultra processed foods

Researchers have called for more efforts to ‘redress the balance of children’s diets,’ as sweet cereals, puddings and white bread were found to be the major diet of seven-year-olds

Nearly 20,000 flu-related deaths in past 2 winters as jab uptake falls

At least 18,000 deaths were associated with flu during the last two winters, despite last winter being a relatively mild flu season, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has announced.

Thousands more diabetes patients to get artificial pancreas

Tens of thousands of children and eligible adults living with type 1 diabetes across England are set to receive an ‘artificial pancreas’, NHS England has announced.

COVID inquiry reveals that nurses faced ‘unimaginable scale of death’, says RCN

The General Secretary and Chief Executive of the RCN, Professor Nicola Ranger, referred to reports of traumatic impact amongst NHS staff, stating that: ‘Today’s evidence profoundly captures the...

Pandemic incredibly ‘harrowing’ for NHS staff, chief medical officer says

Professor Chris Whitty said that the UK had no choice but to impose a lockdown to avoid a ‘catastrophic’ amount of pressure on the healthcare system

One in four black men refused prostate cancer tests by their GP

They were refused tests despite black men being 2.5 times more likely to die from the disease, which cancer charity called a ‘shocking’ reality

The Paradox of Pain

Pain is a stark, four-letter rebuke to the hubris of clinicians. We have the power to diagnose this, treat or at least manage that, but the question most patients want answered is, can we make the...

RCN rejects the Government's 5.5% pay rise

Nurses did not find the pay award to be fair, stating that they were looking for ‘urgent action, not rhetorical commitments’

Thousands of women dying ‘unnecessarily’ from heart disease

Cardiovascular disease was found to be the ‘number one killer’ of women because they were ‘underdiagnosed, undertreated and under-represented in clinical trials’

Tropical arboviruses: a guide for nurses in primary care part 2

Margaret Umeed looks at how nurses can advise patients during travel health consultations

How the new Government can support the NHS

These are some concrete and manageable early steps the new government can take to bring real change and benefit for the staff that our health service relies on

Patients with an aggressive form of blood cancer to benefit from ‘life-extending’ daily tablet

People with leukaemia will be offered a once-a-day tablet alongside chemotherapy, boosting their chances of survival and ‘offering them precious extra time with their families and friends’

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