Attempts to transform nursing care are threatened by plans to axe national bodies in charge of quality improvement, patient safety and public health, nurse leaders have warned.

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Nurses are at the forefront of the government?s push to make the NHS the ?largest social enterprise sector in the world?.

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Midwives could be transferred from their hospital trusts to work for new maternity networks under plans being examined by the Department of Health.

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NHS Direct nurses who work from home can keep patients out of hospital and GP surgeries as a result of their telephone consultations.

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There is an urgent need to regulate assistant practitioners because they are being increasingly used as substitutes for registered nurses, a major review has warned.

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Nursing minister Anne Milton has suggested hairdressers could become a force in public health.

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New research suggests that some teenagers could become depressed and anxious as a result of internet addiction.

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Health secretary Nicola Sturgeon will today launch the new NHS inform one-stop health advice service.

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Improved sex education has resulted in growing numbers of under-16s taking the contraceptive pill, health experts have said.

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A ?Health in Ramadan? campaign has been launched to help Muslims who plan to fast during the festival ensure they stay healthy.

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