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New report reveals lack of diabetes education

The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has released research showing that people living with diabetes don’t have sufficient access to education and information about their condition to support...

Highest level of early cancer diagnosis on record

The NHS is diagnosing more patients with cancer at an earlier stage than ever before, according to new analysis

Primary care premises not fit for purpose

Latest figures reveal that the condition of primary care buildings and infrastructure risk putting patients in danger

Career Profile- Jackie Hodgetts Nurse Clinician in Melanoma at The Christie Hospital and Trustee at Melanoma Focus.

To tell patients the scan results show the tumor has reduced or gone is a great feeling.

Flourishing in unity: Loneliness, health and nurse burnout

Mark Greener examines the effect of loneliness on the nursing workforce and their patients

RCN members vote in favour of industrial action

For the first time in its 106-year history, RCN members have voted in favour of strike action

RCN Extraordinary General Meeting details announced

Members are being invited to discuss and contribute to the organisational plan addressing recommendations from the independent review into the RCN’s culture

How to support a good death

Hospice at Home nurse Julie Bateman talks to Kathy Oxtoby about her work supporting end of life patients and families, the qualities her role demands, and the rewards it brings

Winter is coming: time for the influenza jab

Catherine Heffernan looks at what nurses need to know about this year’s flu season

The role of the nurse in screening people with suspected dementia

James Wilson and Dr Nita Muir looks at how staff in primary care can diagnose dementia

Nurses likely to go on strike this winter

RCN sources say a large majority of nurses have voted in favour of action over pay

RCN presidential election opens

The President acts as an ambassador for the nursing profession and represents the RCN to its members, stakeholders and the public, both across the UK and internationally.

Severe nursing workforce shortages require urgent action

The failure of successive UK governments to tackle the nursing workforce crisis in England has created the greatest risk to publicly funded health and care services since their creation, a report by...

Increasing rate of type 2 diabetes among under-40s is 'troubling' says expert

Diabetes UK found that the number of type 2 diabetes cases in under-40s had risen by 23% in the last five years, increasing at a faster rate than in people over-40.

Public support for nursing staff going on strike is at its highest

Nearly two thirds of the public strongly support strike action as concern over the number of nursing staff working in the NHS spikes, new polling from the RCN has found

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