How to reduce your risk of breast cancer
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the UK and affects one in eight women during their lifetime. Risk factors include age...
Nursing & Care
The Nursing & Care category highlights the essential role of nursing and caregiving in supporting patient wellbeing across settings. It covers evidence-informed practice, professional issues, compassionate care approaches and the challenges and innovations shaping the delivery of nursing and care services. From clinical insight to real-world perspectives, this category offers thoughtful content that reflects the heart of hands-on health and support.
Diana’s endless empathy
How did Diana learn to become the 'Queen of Hearts' for the marginalised and unloved? Nurse Helen Cowan says she has met nurses and carers...
Specialist nurses in prostate care feel overlooked
The important views, opinions and concerns of specialist nurses working within prostate cancer teams are not being listened to when it comes to patient care,...
UK low in G20 league table for healthcare
When it comes to the G20 league table for healthcare, the UK is bumping along somewhere near the bottom. Turkey and Mexico are the only...
Bullied mental health nurses more heavy handed
Mental health nurses who are belittled and humiliated by patients are more likely to opt for heavy handed management techniques, according to new research published...
NHS mental health plans don’t add up
The announcement of additional mental health workers in the NHS by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt may look impressive to the public gaze, however the figures...
Diaries of a First World War Nurse
Dorothea Crewdson, a Red Cross nurse, was given instructions to leave for northern France in 1915. She spent the next four years as a witness...
The short life of Charlie Gard
The short life of Charlie Gard seems now to be coming to an end. His parents have conceded that their son can spend his final...
Tragic Charlie Gard
The news has just emerged that Charlie Gard's parents have given up their legal fight to take Charlie to the United States for experimental treatment....
Acupuncture for advanced cancer patients
Up to 70 per cent of patients with advanced stage cancer suffer from pain for which they receive inadequate pain relief. This can lead to...
