The Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) has reduced the number of treatments it offers from 84 to 59, as part of ongoing effort to reduce costs in the NHS.
Measuring the rate at which a person breaks down nicotine in their system with a blood test could lead to more effective smoking cessation treatments, a study published in The Lancet Respiratory...
Too few professional psychologists offer people with diabetes the emotional support needed to cope with the condition, a survey by Diabetes UK has shown.
Pauline Cafferkey, the nurse being treated for Ebola at the Royal Free Hospital in London is not long in a critical condition, the hospital has announced.
Comorbidities are the most significant contributor to maternal deaths, a new study published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (BJOG).
This year has seen the highest level of reported flu cases since the 2012 flu season.
The QNI has announced the latest projects to receive funds from their annual Fund for Innovation and Leadership for 2015.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) closed down more than 1,600 websites illegally advertising and selling medicines last year.
People with type 1 diabetes have shorter lives than those without the condition, a study by researchers at Dundee University and the Scottish Diabetes Research Network has found.
An 'open mind' will be needed when evaluating the results of the Friends and Family test (FFT) for community nursing services says district nursing leader.
The number of people in the UK living with cancer will rise to a record 2.5 million in 2015, according to figures published by Macmillan Cancer Support.
Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy, announced yesterday that the Labour party's UK-wide mansion tax would be used to fund 1000 more nurses in Scotland.
Speaking in Edinburgh, Mr Murphy unveiled this as...
An audit of GP practices will be conducted to assess their performance treating sepsis, as part of new proposals announced by the DH.
Primary care nurses have been included in 2015's new years honours list.
Twenty-one members of the nursing profession were honoured in this year's list with around a quarter representing primary care...
Pauline Cafferkey, the public health nurse diagnosed with Ebola after returning from Sierra Leone, is in a 'critical condition' the Royal Free Hospital has announced.
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