What needs to be considered during the development of regulation for advanced practice for the UK, and what is there to be ...

Parents and carers need repeated contact with the same practice nurse and more time to discuss concerns or questions ...

Singing for lung health – group-based singing to help improve lung function in people with respiratory disease – started in the NHS in 2007 with pilot groups in Brighton and at the Royal Brompton ...

Navigating the complexities of NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) can be a daunting task – not just for patients and families, but also for the nurses supporting them clinically through the process, says ...

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has elected its next president to lead the organisation for the next four years. Dr José Luis Cobos Serrano was chosen as the ICN’s 30 th president by its ...

Nurses should be ‘leading’ neighbourhood health services as part of a radical reform of the NHS, the health and social care secretary has suggested. Mr Streeting said the NHS ‘should not be bound by ...

It said the move was part of a ‘more personalised cervical screening’ offer, set to be introduced from next month. From July, patients with a cervix aged 25 to 49 who test negative for high-risk human ...

An intensive low-energy diet programme, similar to the NHS Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission, significantly improved eating disorder symptoms in people with type 2 diabetes and excess weight who were ...

A new minister for social care and mental wellbeing has been appointed in Scotland following a ministerial shake up. The former minister for employment and investment, Tom Arthur MSP, has taken over ...

Women who work night shifts are more than fifty per cent more likely to suffer from moderate or severe asthma than women who work during the day, a new study has suggested. Researchers from the ...

MPs have voted to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales by a narrow margin of 23 votes. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill passed with 314 votes for and 291 against in a vote this ...

A new film has been released to highlight how health visitors can support fathers with poor mental health following the birth of their children. The film, from the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV), ...