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Pre-natal tests

A safer test for Down's syndrome, reducing the risk of miscarriage during the testing process, is to be made available in Wales.

22 Aug 2017
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Wendy Kay

The teenage Cancer Trust is launching its nursing and support service across Scotland to deliver specialist age-appropriate care to every young person with cancer, no matter whe

22 Aug 2017
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Struggling GP trainees are to be offered targeted support under proposals confirmed by Health Education England (HEE).

22 Aug 2017
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Councils need to ensure that older and disabled people have enough time to cross the road when using pedestrian crossings, says the National Institute for Hea

22 Aug 2017
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There has been a 'worrying' increase in the reliance on emergency care for patients with dementia nearing the end of their lives, experts have warned.

22 Aug 2017
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Body Fixers

A television makeover crew has helped a nursing student look ‘more professional’ by taming his wild punk rocker image.

21 Aug 2017
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Rail fare hike
Unison says nurses who commute could quit
21 Aug 2017
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Breast cancer care

Nearly half of women diagnosed with breast cancer say they were not told how to access proper support once their treatment was over.

21 Aug 2017
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Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has launched a fresh attack on Stephen Hawking for suggesting the 'direction of change in the NHS is towards a United States

21 Aug 2017
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College aim to make every nurse an e-nurse by 2020
21 Aug 2017
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Barcelona terror attack

A Spanish nurse has described how he fought to save the life of a little boy who was involved in the terror attack in Barcelona.

18 Aug 2017
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Jane Cummings
Jane Cummings to take charge of NHS England's London region
18 Aug 2017

Health campaigners say the government must try harder to curb the 'devastating all-time high' of childhood obesity figures, a year after it launched a landmark plan to tackle the crisis.

18 Aug 2017

Extra nursing training places promised by the government have been made available for students receiving their A-level results today.

17 Aug 2017

A new nurse-led online resource aims to equip nurses with the skills to speed up the diagnosis of endometriosis – and discover if they are suffering from the condition themselves.

17 Aug 2017

Prime minister Theresa May has pledged to help teenagers improve their mental health by offering a new awareness course on the flagship national service scheme for young people.

17 Aug 2017

Infection prevention experts say there is ‘no evidence’ low nurse numbers played a part in the rise in cases of a potentially deadly fungus appearing on hospital wards.

16 Aug 2017

Healthcare assistants had a brush with stardom when they marched with Sir Ian McKellen at Pride

16 Aug 2017

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