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$Research raises questions about vitamin D and calcium supplements for fracture prevention$

Research raises questions about vitamin D and calcium supplements for fracture prevention

Harm from missing incidents among people with dementia prompts call for ‘preventative action’

Harm from missing incidents among people with dementia prompts call for ‘preventative action’

Additional three million people now eligible for RSV vaccine in England

Additional three million people now eligible for RSV vaccine in England

Bowel incontinence – management in primary care

Bowel incontinence – management in primary care

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NICE to reconsider two Alzheimer’s drugs, following manufacturers’ appeal

NICE to reconsider two Alzheimer’s drugs, following manufacturers’ appeal

Nurses in ‘key position’ to embed culturally and religiously sensitive end-of-life care

Nurses in ‘key position’ to embed culturally and religiously sensitive end-of-life care

CPD: Prevention of falls in vulnerable people

CPD: Prevention of falls in vulnerable people

CPD: Essential tremor – recognition, assessment and management in primary care

CPD: Essential tremor – recognition, assessment and management in primary care

Care home nurses unable to take breaks and working while sick, RCN reveals

Care home nurses unable to take breaks and working while sick, RCN reveals

The GP Awards 2025 shortlist: Newton and Haydock PCN Frailty Team

The GP Awards 2025 shortlist: Newton and Haydock PCN Frailty Team

Older people’s care: ‘Keeping people where they want to be – at home’

Older people’s care: ‘Keeping people where they want to be – at home’

NHS App family access potential ‘gamechanger’ for practice staff

NHS App family access potential ‘gamechanger’ for practice staff

‘Appealing’ opportunities needed to bring student nurses into community

‘Appealing’ opportunities needed to bring student nurses into community

Pioneering digitally enabled care for people living with dementia

Pioneering digitally enabled care for people living with dementia

Advice on Guillain-Barré risk for adult RSV vaccine updated by MHRA

Advice on Guillain-Barré risk for adult RSV vaccine updated by MHRA

Lower stroke survival odds faced by people in poorer areas

Lower stroke survival odds faced by people in poorer areas

Action needed to tackle untreated hearing loss in care homes

Action needed to tackle untreated hearing loss in care homes

‘Alarming’ health inequalities between older people in the North and South of England

‘Alarming’ health inequalities between older people in the North and South of England

Sundowning in dementia: what nurses can do to support patients

Sundowning in dementia: what nurses can do to support patients

Change needed to drive social care recruitment and retention, says minister

Change needed to drive social care recruitment and retention, says minister

NICE to reconsider Alzheimer’s drug rejection

NICE to reconsider Alzheimer’s drug rejection

Government announces funding increase for nursing in care homes

Government announces funding increase for nursing in care homes

Fewer patients access social care due to staffing costs, says report

Fewer patients access social care due to staffing costs, says report

Mythbuster: ‘Talking therapy is a waste of time, I need antidepressants’

Mythbuster: ‘Talking therapy is a waste of time, I need antidepressants’