Nursing in the UK

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]

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]

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]

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