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Woman holding up a new-born baby. Picture: iStock

A study to gauge whether the nurse-led home-visiting programme for firs

06 Nov 2019
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Mother with crying baby. Picture: iStock

Parents and healthcare professionals endorse use of selected support ma

06 Nov 2019
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School children running in a park. Picture: Alamy

A 12-week school trial of a 15-minute jog shows positive outcomes but c

06 Nov 2019
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Pictures shows a GP talking to a young man. People with cancer who skip urgent referral appointments for their symptoms are more likely to die within a year of diagnosis, researchers say

People with cancer who skip urgent referral appointments for their symp

18 Oct 2019
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Picture shows a 3D illustration of herpes viruses and antibodies. Nurses and GPs play a pivotal role in shingles vaccine uptake, according to researchers investigating why people have the vaccination.

Nurses and GPs play a pivotal role in uptake of the shingles vacci

05 Sep 2019
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Picture show model depicting depressed young mother holding a baby. Support such as listening visits by health visitors to new mothers with mental health problems could be improved.

Support such as listening visits by health visitors to new mothers with

05 Sep 2019
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Picture shows a foot affected by gout. Most patients treated by nurses for gout were more satisfied, had greater knowledge, stuck to their medication and had fewer flares than those treated by a GP.

Most patients treated by nurses for gout were more satisfied, had great

04 Sep 2019
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Higher rates of consultations by general practice nurses raise quality

04 Jul 2019
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Practice nurses felt they had insufficient guidance in clinics on liver

03 Jul 2019
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Transition nutrition data from child health records could be beneficial

03 Jul 2019
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Blood pressure

Study of more than 70 primary care practices in England finds increased risk factors

07 May 2019
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Tuberculosis bacteria

Research in England finds that video-observed therapy intervention has lower dropout

07 May 2019

Fall in obesity in reception age children following implementation of citywide strategy in

07 May 2019

A pilot study of screening for high risk human papillomavirus in England

06 Mar 2019

A support scheme for at-risk families facing external stress helps to im

06 Mar 2019

A study of young people who self-harm revealed that a practice nurs

06 Mar 2019

Screening scheme receives high approval rating by service users

27 Dec 2018

Study focuses on restorative well-being practices to address bullying and aggression f

27 Dec 2018

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