Allergy affects almost 50% of children in the UK. It is the most common and growing chronic childhood disorder. Eight per cent of children now have diagnosed food allergy, causing them and their...
The QNI has been running a 'Right Nurse, Right Skills' campaign for the past two years, seeking to influence the planning of an appropriate district nursing workforce to meet the increasingly...
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced steps to encourage investment and speed up the process on developing dementia treatments.
A total of 500 new health visitor posts will be created over the next four years in Scotland, the Scottish health secretary has announced.
Urgent investment is required for district nurses in order to prevent their 'extinction' in 2025, say the RCN.
The director of nursing at Public Health England and the Department of Health discusses the public health challenges facing primary care nurses today and their role in improving the public's health...
Nurses voted unanimously against introducing charges for patients visiting their GP, during the third morning of the RCN Congress in Liverpool.Ninety one per cent voted against the resolution...
RCN Council will support the development of a recognised national qualification and career pathway for practice nursing, following a vote at RCN Congress in Liverpool on Tuesday.
The pay bill for senior NHS managers is accelerating ahead of pay for nursing staff, research by the RCN has found.
The NHS could save up to ?3 billion which would enable all the nurses currently working in the NHS to receive a one per cent pay rise.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has launched a 'What if?' campaign on nurse pay. It will support nurses to oppose the Government's decision in April not to award all healthcare professionals a one...
Nearly 75 per cent of district nurses do not use mobile technology in a patient's home, the Queen's Nursing Institute (QNI) has found.
There has been a rapid increase in pre-diabetes since 2003, according to a report published in BMJ Open.
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