The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomed the publication of the sixth annual survey of NHS staff, which shows significant improvements in infection control, but expressed concern that reports of violence against staff remained unchanged.

The Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA), the premier society representing nursing professionals in gastroenterology and endoscopy, and Procter and Gamble Pharmaceuticals Inc. (P&GP), makers of the ulcerative colitis (UC) treatment Asacol® (mesalamine) delayed-release tablets, are proud to support “GI Nurses & Associates Day,” a day marked to honor the achievements of certified gastroenterology [...]

Human & Health Sciences staff at the University of Huddersfield have come up with an innovative way of easing the transition from school to higher education for disabled students.
Associate Dean Janet Hargreaves, Research Assistant Lizzie Walker and Haneef Rashid, Students’ Union Vice President for Education & Welfare, have organised a national conference, on 16th and [...]

Influenza, or flu, is an unpleasant affair with fever, cough, as well as head and body ache. When this illness is further complicated by a bacterial pneumonia, a harmful superinfection develops. Until now, researchers thought that the flu facilitates an infection with pneumonia bacteria because it leads to a decrease of immune cells in the [...]

In January 2009 the NMC published the above advice sheet to include the administration of injectable dermal fillers, however we have since found out that some of the information was potentially misleading.