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OET and Tier 2 visas: Only one test now required for both registration and visa purposes
Doctors, nurses, dentists and midwives applying for Tier 2 (General) visas no longer need to meet a separate English language requirement where they have already done so as part of
International research involving student midwives at Keele presented in Washington DC
Student midwives from Keele University have been praised for their professionalism following their contribution to recent international research. Dr Angela Hancock and Joanne Cookson, from Keele’s School of Nursing and
Always Caring, Always Nursing: Celebrating 100 years of nursing regulation
The countdown is on – it’s officially 100 days until the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) celebrates a century of nursing regulation. Launched on Saturday 14 September 2019, ‘Always Caring,
NCT and Netmums research: Less than three minutes for new mums’ postnatal health
Nearly half (47 per cent) of mothers who’ve recently given birth get less than three minutes or no time at all to discuss their mental and physical health at a
Fertility-sparing surgery is as good as radical surgery for early ovarian cancer
Young women with early stage ovarian cancer can undergo fertility-preserving surgery without affecting the safety of their cancer treatment, researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report in a national study
Tommy’s launches TELL ME WHY campaign
A survey of 1,081 women who have lost a child during pregnancy or premature birth has found that 71 per cent are not given a medical reason why it happened.
Innovative treatment for ovarian cancer approved for Cancer Drugs Fund
Olaparib, a medicine that has previously been used at a later stage in the treatment of advanced ovarian cancer, has now been approved by NICE as a first-line maintenance treatment.
Tommy’s, RCOG and RCM alliance for The Tommy’s National Centre for Maternity Improvement
Tommy’s, The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) have formed an alliance to launch The Tommy’s National Centre for Maternity Improvement which will be
Coconut oil an immune boost for preterm newborns
Coconut oil has been transforming the health and skin condition of preterm babies in Western Australia recently, and new research has revealed why. Dr Andrew Currie from Murdoch University and Clinical
Central Medical Supplies Launches nëo™ Brain Monitor
Promotional feature Central Medical Supplies Ltd (CMS), a specialist supplier of developmental care products, has launched nëo™, a new solution for neonatal aEEG – cerebral function monitoring. nëo™ is easy
