'Invest in skilled nurses to make real savings' Primary care news archive
Primary care and community nursing news archive
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Health visitors to be trained to spot postnatal depression
New health visitors are to recieve “enhanced training” to help mothers with postnatal depression, te government has announced.
College pledges to defend ‘human rights’ of nurses
The Royal College of Nursing says it “deplores” violence against health professionals and will act directly to broach the issue with governments around the world.
Nurses want employers to allow mandatory training within working hours
Nurses have urged employers to ensure all mandatory training is undertaken in work time.
PM's Commission on Nursing 'not in vain'
The work of the Prime Minister’s Commission on Nursing carried out during Gordon Brown’s premiership will not have been in vain, according to the nurse leading the new Nursing and Care Quality Forum.
RCN delegates reject compulsory winter flu jab
Nurses have rejected the idea of requiring all nursing staff and students to have the annual winter flu jab.
One-to-one midwifery care to combat postnastal depression
Mothers will receive one-to-one care from a named midwife during labour and birth as part of government plans to combat postnatal depression.
Miliband commits to national nursing pay - but not to saving pensions
Labour leader Ed Miliband has said he supports the “national pay framework” for nurses but would not commit to repealing controversial NHS pension reforms.
IUDs 'more effective' emergency contraception than morning after pill
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) provide a more effective method of contraception than the “morning after pill” and should be routinely used instead of it, according to experts.
Healthcare staff 'fail to support dying patients'
Some 59% of Britons fear that dying people are not treated with enough dignity and respect by health and care professionals, with many worried that medical staff are failing to meet the last wishes of their patients.
Cancer Research study shows importance of patient helpline services
Cancer patients primarily reach out to helplines to gain a better understanding of their condition as well as to make informed choices for treatment, according to a new study.
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Patients warned of blood clot risk
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Botox closer to being approved for migraine treatment
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Vaginal ring and skin patch contraception linked to blood clot risk
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Most people prefer to die where they live but 50% die in hospital
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Induced birth 'reduces risk of infant death'
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Nearly three quarters people with osteoarthritis in constant pain
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Call for nurses to teach Buteyko asthma technique
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B12's effects on gestational diabetes investigated
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NICE warn against 'derogatory' use of obese
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Drawing test can predict risk of death following first stroke
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Fertility treatment could raise birth defect risk
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Only one in ten recognise persistent cough as lung cancer symptom
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NICE issude draft Crohn's treatment recommendations
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GPs to check nurse NMC registrations
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Nurses asked to involve local communities in International Nurses Day
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NHS Direct nurses stage a 'work in' protest
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NICE draft headache and migraine recommendations
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A third of doctors ignore teenage cancer symptoms
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Nurses create 'diabetes listener' service
