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Readers panel: Should e-cigarettes be available on prescription for NHS patients?
Public Health England has recommended that manufacturers license e-cigarettes as medical...
18 Feb 2018
Readers panel: Are health professionals too reluctant to share patient data that could...
The chief executive of Papyrus, a charity dedicated to preventing suicide by young people,...
06 Feb 2018
Readers panel: Should all patients be asked about their sexual orientation?
NHS England guidelines recommend that health professionals ask all patients about their...
05 Feb 2018
Readers panel: Are employers doing enough to reduce pressures on nurses and boost their...
Nursing is a stressful profession and nurses are used to showing resilience. But with staff...
24 Jan 2018
Readers panel: Does the way we fund the NHS have to change to avoid bankrupting the...
A report from the Centre for Policy Studies – A Royal Commission on the NHS: The Remit –...
19 Jan 2018
Readers panel: Are irresponsible patients to blame for the high number of missed NHS...
Figures from NHS Digital show that almost eight million hospital appointments were missed in...
17 Jan 2018
Readers’ panel: Is the planned increase in volunteers in hospitals a good way to...
Non-profit community interest company HelpForce has pledged to increase the number of...
09 Jan 2018
Readers panel: Should nursing associates pay the same as nurses and midwives to join...
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has said nursing associates will be subject to the same...
18 Dec 2017
Readers panel: Should the rest of the UK follow Scotland’s lead on minimum pricing for...
Scotland has introduced minimum unit pricing for alcohol. The RCN welcomed the move, with...
04 Dec 2017
Readers panel: Do we need a public debate about the limits of NHS care?
At the NHS Providers annual conference in Birmingham earlier this month [Nov], NHS...
24 Nov 2017
Readers panel: Are smartphone consultations a threat to traditional GP services?
A 24-hour service offering GP consultations via video link or smartphones has been launched...
16 Nov 2017
Readers panel: Will seeking samples from patients who bite or spit at nurses make a bad...
Draft legislation designed to protect emergency workers from assault includes proposals to...
13 Nov 2017
Readers’ panel: Should the UK stop recruiting nurses from developing countries?
Interim chief executive of the International Council of Nurses Thomas Kearns has urged...
08 Nov 2017
Readers’ panel: Will tackling the ‘super-size snack culture’ in hospitals help combat...
To help reduce growing obesity levels and fight the 'super-size snack culture', NHS England...
30 Oct 2017
Readers panel: Is scrapping the pay cap an empty gesture if future pay rises are linked...
When health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced that the 1% pay cap for NHS staff had been...
13 Oct 2017
Readers panel: Why do so many employers take no action when concerns about staffing...
In a recent 30,000-strong survey from the RCN, 44% of respondents said no action was taken...
06 Oct 2017
Readers Panel: Should GP receptionists be trained to direct patients to alternative...
An initiative to train GP receptionists to ‘navigate’ patients to pharmacists,...
28 Sep 2017
Readers panel: Will the NHS be able to cope with this year’s winter pressures?
More planning than ever has gone into managing healthcare this winter in England, with NHS...
25 Sep 2017