BBC Health News

NHS screening 'needs to fit with busy lives'16 Oct 2019 02:18Mobile clinics and evening and weekend opening could help increase uptake of NHS screening programmes.
How dad saved son from 'scalding cuppa' scars16 Oct 2019 02:19Each year hundreds of young UK children end up in hospital with severe but avoidable coffee and tea scalds, like Archie.
Deadly parasite 'jumped' from gorilla to humans15 Oct 2019 20:13Discovery of mutation 50,000 years ago could help in the fight against malaria.
Tafida Raqeeb: Brain-damaged girl arrives in Italy16 Oct 2019 14:06Hospital bosses in the UK had tried to block attempts to move Tafida Raqeeb to the hospital in Genoa.
Liquid food safety alert leaves woman with no food for 10 days16 Oct 2019 09:05Jenny Evans is fed intravenously, but says a lack of deliveries left her without essential nutrition.
Royal Papworth Hospital rated 'outstanding' in all categories16 Oct 2019 08:12Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge is the first in the UK to achieve the rating in all five areas.

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Nurses & Health Care Assistants

There are four qualified practice nurses and two health care assistants who will give general health advice, attend to blood taking, measurements, dressings and travel immunisations.

They are also available for routine pill checks, blood pressure checks, dietary advice and cervical smears. There is a close liaison between the practice staff and the district nurses employed by the local hospital trusts.