The government’s obesity strategy Healthy lives: a call to action on obesity in England aims to reduce ‘the level of excess weight averaged across all adults by 2020’.

Glen Sturdee has worked with mental health patients around the globe, in Australia, UK, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the Falklands but he is now embarking on a new adventure setting up the national addictions treatment service in Qatar

The Movember Foundation has taken men’s health campaigning by storm since it was established in 2003. Justin Coghlan, a co-founder of the organisation talks to Nursing in Practice about his mission to get men to take their health seriously

The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s new requirements has caused a wave of speculation across the profession, but it’s time to see this as an opportunity

Hundreds of thousands of cancer patients are struggling to pay their bills as a result of their diagnosis, which is leaving thousands in debt, taking out loans, selling their belongings and/or downsizing their homes

The limits on the hourly pay rate for agency staff have been announced by NHS England

Nine out of 10 GPs worry about missing something serious during a consultation due to an increased workload, according to a Royal College of GPs poll

Mr Hunt, despite the possibility of entering an uncertain 72 hours over those three December days, spare a thought, because there will be a great deal of care given by a highly professional group known as nurses

In UK culture, as with many other European cultures, the role of alcoholic drinks is presented as one of relaxation and entwined dining and socialisation surrounding mealtime ritual among adults

British Medical Association (BMA) members nearly unanimously voted yes to strike action, with 98% voting in favour, the association announced this morning