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Tracey Helliwell, specialist practice nurse, The Ridge Medical Practice, Bradford, West Yorkshire When Tracey Helliwell went on a leadership course, it made her realise just how many new skills she [...]

A few simple principles taken from existing examples of best practice have the potential to dramatically improve diabetes care, according to the results of an NHS quality improvement programme. The [...]

Primary care nurses should be studying the new General Medical Services contract to ensure they fully understand how to make the most of opportunities it will open up for professional [...]

Men's overall health is generally poorer than women's. Their life expectancy is still less than 75 years and they are more likely to die from cancer, heart disease, HIV infection, [...]

KEY POINTS * There has been a sharp rise in incidence of sexually transmitted diseases. * A framework of competencies in sexual health would bring more structured training for nurses. [...]

An innovative fax-back scheme set up in a GP surgery to speed up access to specialist diabetes advice has significantly reduced referral waits and improved patient care. The project was [...]

The task has been a mammoth one--to harmonise the pay and terms and conditions of one million NHS workers from nurses, health visitors and midwives to managers, clinical scientists, secretaries, [...]

KEY POINTS * The Department for Health Social Services and Public Safety has determined policy for NHS services in Northern Ireland since devolution in 1998, when the Northern Ireland Assembly [...]

A rapid expansion of personal medical services pilots (PMS) is creating new and exciting opportunities for nurse practitioners. But although health ministers have been encouraging and supporting these extended nurse [...]

By Francesca Robinson, freelance medical writer is nearly 3 years since Agenda for Change (AfC), billed as the biggest health service pay reform in UK history, was rolled out nationally [...]

Patients could soon have to make co-payments for NHS care - but who will pay and for what? Francesca Robinson looks at the options The NHS system of charges has [...]

One year on from its launch, how is the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board (PMETB) performing? Francesca Robinson assesses its impact and finds a mixed reaction It is just [...]

By Francesca Robinson, freelance medical writer ecent research at Brunel University1,2 has shown that patients prefer the treatment and advice provided by a nurse practitioner (NP) to that given by [...]

By Francesca Robinson, freelance medical writer ast month (August) a pensioner won an appeal in the High Court challenging the award of a GP practice in north Derbyshire to UnitedHealth [...]

By Francesca Robinson, freelance medical writer radical new approach to the delivery of self-management courses for people with long-term health conditions is currently under way, with the transformation of the [...]

By Francesca Robinson, freelance medical writer r David Haslam, full-time GP and clinical director of the National Obesity Forum (NOF), told journalists at an international media summit in Paris on [...]

By Francesca Robinson, freelance medical writer ractice nurses must embrace IT and take an active part in decisions about implementing new technology in their practices, to ensure that it meets [...]

How much time consultants will spend assessing Modernising Medical Careers trainees is the subject of much debate, with estimates ranging widely, depending on whom you are talking to. Francesca Robinson [...]

Is the private sector making a quick buck out of Private Finance Initiative hospitals or is PFI necessary to deliver high standards of care in modern settings? Francesca Robinson hears [...]

Patient choice is the buzzword at the Department of Health. So what is it exactly? Francesca Robinson reports From August this year, all patients who have waited over six months [...]

With the GMS contract set to change the way staff budgets work, practice nurses need to get involved in decisions about skill mix within their teams. Francesca Robinson is a [...]

Surveys, show that in the UK at any time, up to 10 per cent of people with diabetes will have retinopathy requiring ophthalmological follow up or treatment. Left untreated, between [...]

A new collection of case studies put together by the NHS Beacon Programme, part of the NHS Modernisation Agency, illustrates how sharing learning can accelerate the spread of good practice [...]

One in five practice nurses will retire in the next five years. Many of them face hardship because of poor pensions. Practice nurses who have not paid into a private [...]

As we enter election campaign season, community nurses are urging the new Government to act by making cannabis legal for medicinal use. Cannabis has been used to alleviate pain and [...]

Practice nurses play a crucial role in tackling obesity but more guidance is needed on how best to manage overweight patients, says the National Audit Office. Obesity in British adults [...]

Practice nurses are increasingly likely to be asked by patients about complementary and alternative medicine as debate over their use moves up the political and medical agenda. Can alternative medicines [...]

The latest quarterly report of complaints investigated by the Health Service Ombudsman, Mr Michael Buckley, highlights two cases that raise educational issues for practice nurses. The Ombudsman has only been [...]

Personal Medical Services pilots have brought with them new roles and responsibilities for nurses which have in turn increased patient access to primary care and reduced waiting times, Francesca Robinson [...]

Practice nurses are angry that patient group directions have not improved their prescribing rights. NEW legislation that requires health care professionals to supply and administer medicines according to patient group [...]

Nursing unions and the Government have begun their annual war of words about how much nurses should be paid next year as they submit their written evidence to the independent [...]

Will the Government's promise of more cash for nursing solve the workforce problems? THE Government's National Plan for the NHS includes proposals to substantially increase the nursing workforce. It promises [...]