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Childline receives call about suicide every 30 minutes
Record numbers of children who feel desperate are contacting the confidential counselling...
08 Sep 2016
NHS 111 to get online triage service
Health secretary announces new online services and apps that will be available to patients...
07 Sep 2016
Patients need more help to self-manage diabetes, says CQC
Major diabetes review warns the NHS must do more to help patients self-manage their condition
07 Sep 2016
‘Dangerous lack’ of MS specialist nurses, charity warns
Report says one in four MS patients lives in an area where specialist nurses have twice the...
07 Sep 2016
Concerns over vacant nursing and midwifery posts in Scotland
The percentage of vacant nursing and midwifery posts in Scotland has risen by 16% in three...
06 Sep 2016
Yoga and mindfulness can benefit young people with eating disorders, clinical...
Senior clinical psychologist Sam Bottrill said yoga and mindfulness can help young people...
06 Sep 2016
Practice nurses provide 'easier first stop' for young people with eating...
Young people with eating disorders can find it easier to speak to practice nurses than GPs...
06 Sep 2016
‘Social networks reinforced my anorexia, but helped my recovery too’
Student Ruby Tucker highlights complex role of social media in eating disorders
06 Sep 2016
Safe caseloads must be determined for district nursing, urges QNI
A new paper from nursing charity, the Queen's Nursing Institute, is being used to start...
06 Sep 2016
New guidance outlines nurses' role in tackling falling child vaccination rates...
Role nurses can play in tackling falling child vaccination rates in England has been...
05 Sep 2016
Call for debate on future of nursing education
A new report from the Council of Deans of Health is calling for discussion on what new...
01 Sep 2016
District nursing at ‘breaking point’
Overstretched district nursing services are functioning on nurses’ goodwill, says new report.
01 Sep 2016
New videos for nurses on how to care for women and girls affected by FGM
Four short YouTube videos will help nurses care for women and girls who have been affected...
31 Aug 2016
‘Green prescribing’ a good way to coax older people outdoors
Older people more likely to do outdoor activity if it’s recommended by a healthcare...
30 Aug 2016
New workforce strategy for practice nurses
Work under way to meet the needs of general practice nursing
26 Aug 2016
Funding to curb use of police cells as place of safety for mental health crises...
The first wave of funding for a £15 million programme to prevent police cells being used as...
24 Aug 2016
Nurses' sickness absence rates almost four times higher than doctors
New sickness absence rates show nurses have one of the highest sickness absence rates across...
24 Aug 2016