Failures in the global response to the outbreak of COVID-19 led to an estimated 17.7 million deaths to date, a report published in the Lancet has found
The RCN’s ballot of members working for the NHS and HSC will take place between Thursday 6 October and Wednesday 2 November
Suneeta Kochhar looks at how nurses can diagnose and manage these increasingly common allergies
People aged 65 and over are now able to book their autumn COVID booster through the national booking system
General practices in the UK will be allowed to take part in the bank holiday for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth on 19 September
Point of care CRP testing must become standard to prevent a crisis of antimicrobial resistance. By Liz Cross
Sepsis remains one of the few disease processes that can kill a healthy adult in hours, but is still poorly understood by many
Mark Greener looks at the latest research into the controversial topic of weight loss drugs
The RCN, QNI and many other nursing and healthcare organisations have paid tribute to the Queen, who died on 8 September aged 96
A vaccine developed at the University of Oxford provides as much as 80% protection against malaria, a study published in The Lancet has found
RCN pay campaign adverts were targeted around Westminster as Liz Truss faced her first Prime Minister’s Questions in the Commons
There has been a decrease in numbers of school children taking drugs and smoking cigarettes but a rise in vaping, with nearly 10% of 11 to 15 year olds currently using e-cigarettes, new figures from...
Therese Coffey, MP for Suffolk Coastal, has been named as the new Health Secretary, replacing Steve Barclay, as well as Deputy Prime Minister
Seven new community diagnostic centres will open to help tackle the COVID backlogs, diagnose patients more quickly and meet future demands on the NHS, the Health and Social Care Secretary has...
There were 46,828 registered nurse vacancies in the NHS in England between April and June 2022, up from 38,814 over the same period last year, new data has shown
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