Nursing in the UK

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Hello everyone, am new to allnurses.com but see that there is great information available, and for this I am greatful as I am a nursing student and am out to learn. One question I have since talking about the UK some, is what are the major health care concerns for this country?

thanks,

breeze.:)

karenG

1,049 Posts

Specializes in midwifery, ophthalmics, general practice.

oh boy thats a can of worms!

major health concerns- well in primary care its mainly diabeties, CHD and COPD. we also have worried about TB- seems to be on the increase as is Hepatitis C.

that do for a start?

Karen

breeze_n_wyo

2 Posts

Karen,

Hey thanks for the information that's great....can you reference me to any articles regarding these issues in the UK.

thanks again, this really helps

wendie

Whisper

597 Posts

Specializes in Cardiolgy.

Have you tried the department of health web site?

http://www.doh.gov.uk

you can download summaries or the full documents for the NSFs, which could be helpful as they look at some of the major health concerns,

Hope that helps a bit,

Whisper

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