http://www.nursingtimes.net/RSS/Primary_Care_Nurses_BreakingNews_RSS_Feed.xml en-uk Around 300,000 additional girls are to be offered the vaccine against cervical cancer. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/hpv_vaccination_programme_to_be_extended.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/hpv_vaccination_programme_to_be_extended.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 Alice Coubrough 22 July 2008 11:09 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/948668_blue_syringe_resized_70_tcm20-1738229.jpg Urgent improvements are needed in international surveillance to detect with outbreaks of new infectious disease, a parliamentary committee has warned in a report. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/next_epidemic_could_go_undetected_warns_report.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/next_epidemic_could_go_undetected_warns_report.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 Richard Staines 21 July 2008 10:51 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/pills_resized_70_tcm20-210743.jpg Fewer underage children and young people are drinking alcohol, according to a government survey. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/fewer_children_drink_while_underage.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/fewer_children_drink_while_underage.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 Alice Coubrough 18 July 2008 11:26 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/drunk_resized_70_tcm20-875954.jpg Specialist fast-response nursing teams will be set up across the country to enable people to die at home under new proposals revealed today by the government. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/endoflife_nursing_teams_to_receive_286m.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/endoflife_nursing_teams_to_receive_286m.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 Richard Staines 16 July 2008 12:48 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/Bigger%20picture%20sky_resized_70_tcm20-360786.jpg Community children’s nursing teams are vital to prevent unnecessary admissions to emergency departments, to support care at home and to speed up discharge, recommends research. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/community_paediatric_nurses_could_cut_rise_in_child_ae_admissions.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/community_paediatric_nurses_could_cut_rise_in_child_ae_admissions.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 Lisa Hitchen 15 July 2008 11:03 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/patient_resized_70_tcm20-265759.jpg New research has revealed that around 2m people have survived cancer in the UK – prompting concerns about a lack of support for them from the NHS. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/concern_over_care_for_cancer_survivors.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/concern_over_care_for_cancer_survivors.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 Alice Coubrough 14 July 2008 12:11 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/medicines_resized_70_tcm20-210063.jpg A hospital in London has started clamping its own ambulances because it says drivers are violating parking rules. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/hospital_clamps_its_own_ambulances.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/hospital_clamps_its_own_ambulances.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 Alice Coubrough 11 July 2008 15:03 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/A%26E%20sign_resized_70_tcm20-1294561.jpg Nurses and patient groups have called on the government to reconsider plans to deregulate cosmetic laser surgery. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/nurses_oppose_laser_surgery_deregulation.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/nurses_oppose_laser_surgery_deregulation.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 Alice Coubrough 10 July 2008 16:25 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/stressed_nurse_resized_70_tcm20-213791.jpg Practice nurses in Scotland are at risk of missing out on appropriate remuneration because of a lack of information, the RCN has warned. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/scottish_pns_may_be_missing_out_in_gp_contract.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/07/scottish_pns_may_be_missing_out_in_gp_contract.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 Steve Ford 10 July 2008 10:11 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/images/steth_resized_70_tcm20-260368.jpg The government has published a draft constitution for the NHS, which is intended to enshrine its ‘principles and values’. http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/06/ministers_unveil_draft_consitution_for_nhs.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 http://www.nursingtimes.net:80/news/breakingnews/2008/06/ministers_unveil_draft_consitution_for_nhs.html;jsessionid=CEC8D4430B2888A0F7498E904297E639 Steve Ford 30 June 2008 15:52