Health visitors in south Wales set to strike after NHS employer ignores job evaluation appeal
Clinical update
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An outline of the updated quality standards on stroke care from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
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Supporting young people as they move from children’s to adult services.
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Stay up to date with the latest guidance on prescribing controlled drugs.
Updated NICE guidance aims to reduce unnecessary pre-operative testing
Around 200,000 people have a chronic wound at any one time in the UK, at a cost to the NHS of £4 bil
Scarlet fever cases have reached their highest level in 30 years.
Post-operative pain affects 60% of surgical patients.
More than four million people are living with diabetes in the UK.
More than 600,000 people in the UK have epilepsy, a condition that causes repeated seizures.
Domestic abuse can take the form of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour as well as physical violence
Motor neurone disease describes a group of related diseases, affecting the neurones in the brain and spinal cord.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common, relapsing and often lifelong disorder that causes bouts of stomach cramps, bloating, diarrhoea and constipation.
Myeloma, also known as multiple myeloma, is a form of cancer that arises from plasma cells, which are a type of white blood cell made in the bone marrow.
An infection of the lung tissue, pneumonia is common and has a high mortality rate.
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infection that mainly affects the lungs, however it can affect any part of the body, including the bones, nervous system and skin.
Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK, after breast, lung and prostate cancer, with around 41,600 people in the UK diagnosed each year.
