Palliative care – carers and supportive networks
Dr Julian Abel is speaking at the annual Marie Curie Palliative Care Research conference held in partnership with the Royal Society of Medicine which takes...
Nursing & Care
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Palliative care – how we support the carers
Professor Gunn Grande is speaking at the Annual Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Conference 2017 held in London tomorrow. Marie Curie jointly hosts an annual...
Should bigger babies be delivered early?
Should bigger babies be delivered early? A baby larger than predicted by a mother’s size can cause complications at birth. One of the major problems...
Please wash your hands
Most people in the UK don't wash their hands hands thoroughly enough to get rid of bacteria that can cause cause upset stomachs, colds and...
Long waits in A&E this winter
Quarterly performance figures from NHS England show that long waits in A&E departments are rising sharply. in January to March of 2012, just 15 patients...
Heart Rhythm Congress in 12th year
Twelve years ago, the first Heart Rhythm Congress took place at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham with an invited audience of 850. I am...
A crisis in care for people with lung disease
People who are dying from interstitial lung disease are wasting the precious time they have left finding their way around an ineffective and unnecessarily complicated...
Reforming mental health workforce
A “radical reform” of mental health services is needed to develop a workforce to meet people’s needs in the future, according to a new report...
Stem cell transplant recipients lack specialist support
Stem cell transplant recipients are left feeling like they have “fallen off a cliff”, according to research by charity Anthony Nolan which reveals that one...
What’s in a name? – nursing job titles
What's in a name when it comes to nursing job titles? Actually quite a lot, according to new research.‘Variation in job titles within the nursing...
