Top five tips on inhaler use and technique
Inhaler treaatment for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease may appear...
28 Apr 2016
Analysis
Community receives nurse-led mobile cancer treatment
Cancer patients across the north west of England are benefiting from reduced waiting times...
28 Apr 2016
Harnessing technology to cut the number of admissions
Community nurses could find their roles and patients changing if a series of new technology...
30 Mar 2016
Better primary care for special needs patients
Primary care patients with learning disabilities in Doncaster are benefiting from the...
30 Mar 2016
Revalidation offers nurses and midwives opportunities
By the beginning of this month, the first nurses to use the new revalidation system will...
30 Mar 2016
Nurse-led dementia liaison service acts as bridge to secondary care
GP practices in Stoke-on-Trent and across North Staffordshire are benefiting from the...
25 Feb 2016
Are we nearing a turning point in children’s asthma services?
Asthma has become so common in the UK that there are, on average, at least two children with...
25 Feb 2016
Urgent care centre brings profound changes in nurses’ roles
Nottingham's urgent care centre (UCC) opened its doors for the first time last October,...
02 Feb 2016
Queen’s Nursing Institute champions specialist qualification for district nurses
At the end of last year, a Queen’s Nursing Institute report stated that district nurses (DNs...
02 Feb 2016
Family nurses focus on needs of young first-time mothers
A team of family nurses is helping young parents to learn English and integrate into their...
27 Nov 2015
Epilepsy passports issued to convey crucial information in emergencies
A new epilepsy passport has been created for about 60,000 children in the UK who have the...
06 Nov 2015
England’s chief nurse looks to the future
Over the next few weeks, chief nursing officer for England Jane Cummings and her team will...
30 Oct 2015
Programme launched to speed up anorexia recovery times
Around 1.6 million people in the UK are affected by an eating disorder, estimates the...
30 Oct 2015
Seven-point plan focuses on care of older people in remote area of Scotland
A ‘radical shift in resources’ is required to meet the needs of older people in remote and...
25 Sep 2015
Specialist multiple sclerosis service set to expand
Neuroresponse is a specialist nurse-led telehealth service for multiple sclerosis (MS)...
25 Sep 2015
Ten years on and going strong
When nurse practitioner Carol Sears took on the lease of the practice in which she worked,...
28 Aug 2015
Community matron service helps patients stay at home
A rapid response service led by community matrons is helping to reduce GP callouts and...
28 Aug 2015
Specialist role provides thyroid cancer support
About 2,700 people are diagnosed with thyroid cancer each year in the UK, many of whom...
26 Jun 2015