General practice nurses (GPNs) could be enabled to complete health declarations for prospective childminders under new government proposals. The Department for Education (DfE) said widening the range of healthcare professionals who can complete health checks could ‘speed up the process and in some cases remove the burden on GPs’. The proposal comes as part of...
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Specialist nurses are heading on tour to raise awareness of the risks and symptoms of heart failure. Those working at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust will be travelling on a community bus and visiting local areas to talk to the public about heart failure later this month. They are campaigning as part of...
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The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has said it will ‘closely’ monitor the implementation of a delayed pay rise for general practice nurses (GPNs) in Northern Ireland. The Department of Health in Northern Ireland has confirmed to Nursing in Practice that health minister Robin Swann has ‘approved funding’ for a 6% increase for general practice...
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March saw the highest number of measles cases yet this year as the outbreak continues to spread around the country. The latest figures from the UK Health Security Agency showed there were 299 laboratory confirmed cases of measles in March. This is higher than the 274 cases seen in January when officials declared a national incident...
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