New NHS measures to improve eye care and cut waiting times
The NHS is publishing new clinical guidance which could reduce waiting times for eye care services for patients in England. As part of a wide-ranging list of evidence-based interventions designed to improve the quality of care, the guidance proposes patients get access to more sophisticated diagnostic imaging before they are referred to a consultant.
World Blood Cancer Day
What is blood cancer? Every 27 seconds someone somewhere in the world receives a devastating diagnosis: blood cancer. Blood cancer is the general term for malignant defects in the blood-forming system.
Record number of nurses, midwives and nursing associates
The number of professionals leaving the register fell slightly but research indicates more than half left sooner than planned and most don’t plan to return. Five compounding workforce pressures frequently influenced decisions to leave, including concerns about the quality of people’s care.
NHS rolls out new ‘lifeline’ combination therapy for hundreds of women with womb cancer
Hundreds of women with advanced womb cancer in England are to be offered a new ‘lifeline’ option from today, as the NHS rolls out a life-extending new combination therapy that can halt the progression of the disease for twice as long as chemotherapy. The NHS has agreed landmark commercial deals for two drugs from different manufacturers, which will be used in combination to treat advanced endometrial cancer in between 500 and 750 women each year.
A&E corridor care is destroying staff morale, nurses warn
Emergency nurses have issued fresh warnings about rising numbers of patients being treated in corridors and waiting rooms, as A&E departments become more and more stretched.
Q&A: the benefits of digital technologies in nursing
For International Nurses Day, we spoke to two nurses who are passionate about the use of digital technologies in healthcare and the benefit they have for people receiving care.
London, UK
Athens, Greece
Ahmedabad, India
