Category Archives: Nursing

£11 million for parenting programme

Posted on October 22nd, 2012

A pioneering programme helping young parents give their children a healthier start in life is to be rolled out across Scotland. The Family Nurse Partnership, which supports first-time parents aged 19 and under, will be up and running around the country by 2015 thanks to a £11 million investment over the next two years. The [...]

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Antipsychotics ‘still given to too many with dementia’

Posted on October 22nd, 2012

“‘Chemical cosh’ drugs given to 50pc more dementia patients than thought,” The Daily Telegraph reports, while the Daily Express runs with a rather more tasteless headline “Shocking rise in dementia patients on ‘zombie’ drugs”. The news items are prompted by a study into the use of a class of medication known as antipsychotics, which are [...]

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Letterkenny Women’s Centre to host healthy lifestyles talk

Posted on October 16th, 2012

The Letterkenny Women’s Centre is hosting a Women’s Health and Cancer Prevention evening in conjunction with the Irish Cancer Society and the National Cancer Screening Service on Thursday 18th October. The evening is aimed at anyone with an interest in promoting women’s health and well-being in their community and finding out what cancer prevention services [...]

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HRT ‘is safe’ and can ‘cut heart attack deaths’

Posted on October 11th, 2012

“HRT can cut heart attack risk, study shows,” The Guardian reported today, while the Daily Telegraph said that women should “‘no longer be worried’ about taking HRT to combat symptoms of the menopause”. The story is based on research which found that recently menopausal women who took hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for 10 years were [...]

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Eight thousand patients to benefit from advanced cancer treatment

Posted on October 9th, 2012

£15 million unveiled to rollout across the NHS Almost 8,000 more cancer patients a year could benefit from the rollout of an advanced radiotherapy technique with fewer side effects thanks to a £15 million investment unveiled today by the Prime Minister David Cameron and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. The Cancer Radiotherapy Innovation Fund will expand [...]

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Spit and polish for the new dental contract

Posted on October 9th, 2012

Spitting may be considered an unpleasant habit – but in terms of healthy teeth it can make a world of difference to your smile. Dentists across the country are advising patients to think about their dental hygiene habits as part of a renewed focus on better oral health. Small changes like spitting instead of rinsing [...]

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Next generation nursing and midwifery to free up more time for patients

Posted on October 9th, 2012

£140 million for nurses and midwives to improve care and beat bureaucracy The Prime Minister and Health Secretary today set out plans to invest £140 million so that NHS nurses and midwives can spend more time with patients, not paperwork, and provide safer care. £100 million will be offered to the NHS for nurses and [...]

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‘Dirty Brits are world’s worst flu spreaders’

Posted on October 9th, 2012

Britain is the ‘most unhygienic nation’ in the face of major flu outbreak, The Daily Telegraph tells us. Meanwhile, BBC News reveals that Britons ‘kissed through’ the swine flu pandemic of 2009-10. The headlines are based on an international survey, carried out by telephone in 2010 (by which time swine flu was becoming much less [...]

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Whooping cough vaccine for pregnant women

Posted on October 8th, 2012

“Pregnant women are to be given the whooping cough vaccine for the first time following the biggest outbreak of the disease for 20 years and the deaths of 10 babies”, The Daily Telegraph reports. All pregnant women are to be offered vaccination against whooping cough when they are 28-38 weeks pregnant, the government has announced. [...]

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Dame Carol Black takes on the challenge of health improvement among workers across the construction and civil engineering industry

Posted on October 8th, 2012

With 27 million of us going to work every day, the workplace offers a major opportunity to drive health improvement. In this blog, Dame Carol Black, chair of the health at work network, talks about the importance of workplace health and well-being and what’s being done to take up the challenge of health improvement across [...]

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