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More people are seeking advice from mental health charities since the start of the recession.

Advisors from mental health charity Mind have noted calls on personal finances and employment have risen by 100% since 2008.

This year has also seen another surge in calls to Mind’s infoline and Legal line up – 18% and 28% respectively – when compared to 2010-11.

However, the service is also struggling to keep up with the demand as 40% of calls went unanswered between 2011-12.

Statins prevent cancer and reduce death “from all causes” in heart transplant recipients, a study claims.

The research, announced during the annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, analysed 255 patients who had undergone heart transplantation at the University Hospital Zurich in Switzerland between 1985 and 2007.

A quarter of women do not have a midwife with them in labour or when they need them, it is claimed.
 
A poll of over 1600 recent mothers by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) also found around a fifth (21%) were not offered a choice over where to give birth.

Over a quarter (27%) also felt that their midwives were not able to give the time required ensure the mothers-to-be fully understood what was happening, with 22% claiming they did not know their midwife ‘very well’ or ‘not at all well’ during their pregnancy.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Council has pledged to continue to oppose the rising pension age for nurses under the government’s pension reform.

A free online tool has been launched to support GPs and nurses in dealing with “unusual or complex allergy cases” to combat a “serious lack of knowledge of allergy in the primary care sector”.

The eAllergy Helpdesk aims to reduce the number of patients who self-diagnose allergies or seek help from “unqualified sources”.

A “simple” drawing test can predict the long-term risk of dying among older males after their first stroke, research suggests.

Age and impaired brain capacity heightens the risk of death and disability following a stroke.

A study published in BMJ Open analysed the test results assessing the intellectual capacity of just under 1,000 men aged between 65 and 75 who had not been diagnosed as having had a stroke.

Two tests were used.

The Nursing in Practice team pride themselves in being both proactive and responsive to trends that support nurses in their professional role and confidence.

Now we think we have identified a need in our readership and for those who attend NiP Events – nurses need greater confidence in accessing and using social networking websites.

A persistent cough lasting longer than three weeks could be a sign of lung cancer, it is warned.

However, less than one in ten people believe a cough to be a symptom of the disease, according to DH statistics.

A newly-launched government campaign will urge people to visit their general practice if they have had a cough for more than three weeks.

The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has “reluctantly” accepted the government’s final NHS pension offer.

In what has been described as a “pragmatic decision”, 71.8% of college members voted to accept the offer with 28.2% rejecting the government’s proposal for pension reform.

Today marks the launch of the Nursing in Practice Respect campaign – our bid to get primary care and community nurses the recognition they deserve.

And the big names have already moved to add their backing for the campaign.