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Lung disease piling on the pressure in A&E

The perennial outrage over emergency winter pressure in NHS hospitals is now subsiding. As usual, we have seen the blame…

Dire consequences of nurse shortages

Amid a severe and ongoing winter crisis, it was revealed last week that the NHS has been “hemorrhaging” nurses, and…

Lifestyle programme can help beat diabetes

An inexpensive, 16-week NHS lifestyle programme aimed at patients with type 2 diabetes can help to treat the disease. A…

Technology and innovation: enablers but not saviours of the NHS

Technology and innovation are being invoked as saviours of an over-stretched NHS whose seventieth birthday is looming, particularly as both…

Performing arts in community NHS treatment

What do we mean by the use of performing arts in community NHS treatment? In a previous article  for the…

Restricting free OTC prescriptions

NHS England is proposing to draw a new line between when the NHS will help someone, and when citizens are…

21st Century Healthcare

The Royal Society of Medicine and ITN Productions have launched ‘21st Century Healthcare,’ a news and current affairs-style programme which…

A nurse takes a view on cricket

That cricketing and clinical concepts collide has become apparent to me as a nurse spectator enjoying numerous cricket matches. I’ve…

Does research improve clinical care?

Most people would agree that research is necessary to improve clinical care: research tells us which treatments and services work,…

Royal College of Emergency Medicine welcomes extra cash for NHS

Responding to the budget statement, Dr Taj Hassan, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine welcomes extra funding for…

Most medics would not recommend career to kids

Two thirds of medics would not recommend their career to the children, finds a new survey conducted amongst senior hospital…

The circle of care

For #selfcareweek watch this short animation on The Circle of Care : A framework to help healthcare professionals think about,…

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