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NMC apologises to families for Morecambe Bay failings

Families whose children died because of midwifery failings have received an apology from the chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Council

The Brexit health warning

With the exit of the UK from the EU approaching, Alex Turnbull looks at the implications for the NHS

The Honourable Members for Nursing

IN meets two nurses who made the leap into Parliament: Anne Milton and Maria Caulfield

HPV programme for boys ‘cost-effective’

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has decided that that a universal vaccination programme protecting boys against human papillomavirus (HPV) is cost effective

Assessment and management of chronic wounds

Jacky Edwards outlines how to understand and treat wounds which won’t heal

Prevention of pressure ulcers in community care settings

Linda Nazarko looks at how to identify and manage these increasingly common sores

Increase in family members caring for relatives

Around 7.6 million people care for their families without being paid –meaning that qualified carers are missing out on work opportunities

Young people are being failed by adult mental health services

Vulnerable young people are being put in danger during the transition between child and adult mental health services according to a new inquiry

RCN concerned nursing associate role remains ambiguous

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has called the results of a nursing associate consultation an ‘early step’ towards a standardised role

The Past and Future of the NHS

This summer feels like Britain has got some of its optimism back, and the 70th birthday of the NHS has given us a genuine national moment

Resit requirements changed for non-EU nursing recruits

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have changed the resit requirements for nurses and midwives from outside the UK and Europe taking the Objective Structured Clinical Examination

Sexually transmitted disease MG set to be the next superbug

Experts are warning the public that a little known sexually transmitted disease may become the next superbug as it’s increasing its resistance to antibiotics

The NHS 'has become my passion' says Hunt as he leaves role as health secretary

The Prime Minister has appointed Matt Hancock as health secretary in shock cabinet reshuffle

Government slammed for 'lack of courage' in funding social care by head of CQC

The head of the Care Quality Commission has called upon the government to commit to a plan to solve the UK's social care crisis

Home improvements reduce the number of hospital visits for patients

Improving social housing could considerably reduce the number of emergency hospital admissions, according to a new study commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research

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