Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
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The prison population in England and Wales is increasing and so is the requirement for health care and health promotion for prisoners.
Many women experience pelvic floor dysfunction at some time in their lives.
Spectrum Community Health Community Interest Company has set up a wellbeing team and devised a model that includes care pathways to improve health outcomes
This article outlines how health and social care services need to enable people with Parkinson’s disease to take control of their lives and what Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a long-term condition that affects patients’ and carers’ quality of life.
As a profession, district nursing has experienced significant depletion in recent years.
Alongside growing longevity there has been an increase in the prevalence and incidence of chronic and debilitating conditions such as dementia, which in tur
School-aged children are leading a communications revolution, with ways of getting in touch shifting significantly.
The incidence of diabetes in the UK is six times higher among people of South Asian origin compared with their European counterparts.
The prevalence of obesity in childhood has been increasing dramatically worldwide in recent years.
This article outlines the innovative work and development of the Torbay Flu’s-ease Team and its role in delivering the influenza and pneumococcal vaccines t
Aim To evaluate the outcomes from a nurse-led, community-based sleep hygiene service for children and young people, which was designed and impl
Government policy recognises the need to support caregivers in the community to ease the burden of caring. It encourages primary healthcare workers to explore the specific care needs of informal caregivers as part of the patient’s package of care.
NHS walk-in centres (WICs) were introduced in 2000 to modernise the NHS and increase accessibility to health care. They developed rapidly and have been successfully used by the public.
The management of constipation can be challenging because it is often considered self-correcting and not usually life-threatening.
This article considers the reasons for, and the consequences of, vitamin D deficiency, which affects large numbers of young children.
The provision of health services in inner cities is complex and must take account of cultural differences among populations, because a lack of awareness about these issues can affect stroke survivors.
Practice nurses presently have little contact with people who have serious mental illness (SMI) but are skilled in providing care for individuals with long-term physical conditions.
