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Blog: Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes

Earlier this week, it was announced by Diabetes UK that now 20 people/day in the UK have some kind of lower limb amputation as a result of diabetes

New report shows CCGs are tackling early intervention in mental health

Strong working relationships and person-centred care are key to successful early intervention in mental health according to NHSCC

NHS 111 to move online in push towards self-diagnosis

The health secretary has announced a “move towards self-diagnosis” in the NHS with a new online symptom-checker.

NHS 111 to move online in push towards self-diagnosis

The health secretary has announced a “move towards self-diagnosis” in the NHS with a new online symptom-checker.

NHS workers from EU should be made British citizens, says think-tank

NHS workers from the EU should be automatically given British citizenship, according to a think-tank report

Government announces funding for 41 mental health safe places

The Government has released the first wave of funding for mental health “places of safety” in a bid to keep the mentally ill out of police cells

Blog: Elderly care, the devastating reality

I have reached the age when many of my friends are coping with losing their parents. Sometimes things just end very unexpectedly

Gestational diabetes

Gestational diabetes is defined as carbohydrate intolerance resulting in hyperglycaemia of variable severity with onset or first recognition during pregnancy

Profile: CQC national nurse advisor

The Care Quality Commission is known for its inspections of GP practices, so what is it like being the national nurse advisor for the regulator?

Interview: Peter Carter, former RCN chief executive

The recent Brexit vote has come as a shock to many, including former Royal College of Nursing chief Peter Carter. Nursing in Practice catches up with him to ask how the UKs health system now finds itself in a “hell of a mess”