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Jeremy Corbyn is 'determined' to retain the nursing bursary

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn reaffirmed his commitment to protecting the bursary for future nursing students, in a visit to Birmingham City University

Knell tolls for Hunt and homeopathy

Replacing scientifically verified vaccinations and treatments for 'bonkers' homeopathic medicine is dangerous. But not as dangerous as the health secretary who champions such treatments, writes...

The housing crisis for health staff

Low pay and soaring accomodation costs could trigger a workforce crisis. Alex Turnbull investigates

New bowel cancer test will increase uptake by 10%

A new bowel cancer screening test will be rolled out across England which should see an extra 200,000 peeople tested each year

LGBT patients still fear discrimination from NHS staff

Nearly three quarters of LGBT patients do not think they will be provided with sensitive care at the end of their life, a report by Marie Curie has found.

National plan needed to tackle FGM says leading midwife

New statistics show that there were 1242 newly recorded cases of FGM in England between January and March of this year

Record number of nurses employed in Scotland

The nursing workforce in Scotland has expanded to record levels, with 59,372 nurses working in NHS Scotland as of March 2016 according to data from the Scottish Information Services Division

A patient story of living with COPD

Lynn Ashton, 46, inhaled toxic fumes when a candle set fire to her plastic tablecloth. She was already asthmatic, and a few months later was diagnosed with COPD. She talks about living with the...

Managing diabetes during Ramadan

A presentation outlining how a change in eating patterns during Ramadan can impact on diabetes

Diagnosis and management of anaphylaxis

Joe Unsworth, Consultant Physician at Southmead Hospital, Bristol, with a special interest in immunology and allergy, and Dr Jasmeet Soar, chair of the Working Group of the Resuscitation Council on...

Managing constipation in adults with co-morbidities

Methods of identifying the causes and treatments, are discussed by Angela Gardiner and Andrea Hilton

University to offer nursing degrees to tackle staff shortages

The University of Gloucestershire will offer nursing degrees from 2017, in a bid to combat local shortages of nurses.

An exciting time to be a practice nurse

Practice nursing provides immense personal satisfaction, writes Crystal Oldman

Neither Brexit nor the EU can fix the NHS

Regardless of the outcome of the EU referendum, the NHS will not survive without training more homegrown nurses, writes Mike Shallcross

Only a fifth of cancer patients receive care plans in Scotland

Only 22% of cancer patients in Scotland receive care plans, despite evidence that they improve the experience of treatment, the Scottish Cancer Patient Experience Survey has found.

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