What the Papers Say

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The Guardian

I wouldn't be the doctor I am without nurses' dedication and guidance.

Nurses value is not measured in money, but this does not give the government licence to cut their bursaries.

http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/views-from-the-nhs-frontline/2015/dec/07/junior-doctor-support-nhs-nurses-cuts-bursaries


The Guardian

2016 is make or break time for the NHS

The health service cannot afford inefficiency or poor productivity, yet too often the focus is on the one-off, short term and tactical

http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2016/jan/13/2016-make-break-nhs-health-service


The Guardian

The moment I realised my job commissioning NHS services saves lives

Seeing a once suicidal man I worked with express gratitude to those who helped him at his lowest ebb made me proud of my job

http://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2016/jan/14/nhs-commissioning-saves-lives


BBC

Food 'should show activity needed to burn off calories'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35322168


BBC

Mental health: 'One in four adults in England has a condition'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35322354


BBC

I'm slim so why am I at risk of diabetes?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35280028


Daily Mail

NO amount of alcohol in pregnancy is safe: 'There is too much that is unknown', warns leading expert 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3400081/NO-alcohol-pregnancy-safe-unknown-warns-leading-expert.html


Independent

Dry January: Cutting alcohol for a month could be doing 'more harm than good'

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/dry-january-cutting-alcohol-for-a-month-could-be-doing-more-harm-than-good-a6810476.html


Nursing Times

'Agitator' label spurred nurse to become first 'whistleblowing guardian'

http://www.nursingtimes.net/news/whistleblowing/nurse-reveals-why-she-took-national-whistleblowing-role/7001657.article?blocktitle=Today's-headlines&contentID=18932


Nursing Times

Slump in district nurse workforce amid overall nursing rise

http://www.nursingtimes.net/roles/district-and-community-nurses/slump-in-district-nurse-workforce-amid-overall-nursing-rise/7001454.article?blocktitle=top-news-story&contentID=20559