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Number of nursing associates in GP practices jumps 55% in a year
The number of nurses working in general practice and primary care networks (PCNs) in England increased by just 4.5% in 2023, while the number nursing associates soared by 55.5%, latest data has shown. The statistics from the latest Primary Care Workforce Quarterly Update showed a total of 17,615 full-time equivalent (FTE) nurses working in general...
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Europe sees ‘troubling rise’ in STIs including gonorrhoea
European health officials have reported a ‘troubling surge’ in sexually transmitted infections (STI), with gonorrhoea cases rising by almost half. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said there had also been a significant increase in cases of syphilis and chlamydia. A report reviewing STI infections in Europe in 2022 found that the number...
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New guidance to support social care placements for nursing students
New guidance to support the development of placements in social care settings for nursing students has been launched. It comes as the government recently claimed it wanted to enable ‘all student nurses’ to have the ‘chance’ to undertake a social care placement as part of their training. Skills for Care – the strategic workforce development...
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New research suggests that adults who had amblyopia, or ‘lazy eye’ as a child are more likely to develop serious disease in adulthood than those who did not have amblyopia in childhood. Researchers at University College London (UCL) analysed health records of over 3,000 people who had amblyopia as children and found they had a...
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