Since 2020 the number of nursing student placements in primary and independent care settings have reduced significantly due to COVID restrictions
If district and community nurses are unable to afford the increasing costs this could mean less frequent visits to patients and chronic illnesses becoming exacerbated or even missed
COVID-19 has consumed all our thoughts, time and patience during the past two years; what do we remember about travel health and advising the traveller?
Sessions on key issues in primary care including: COPD; asthma; women’s health; wound care; and gut health are all free to view
The absence of a ‘serious effort’ by the Government to tackle gaps in the cancer workforce threatens survival rates, a report by the Health and Social Care Committee has said
The RCN has written to NHS England’s chief nurses, asking them to support action on mileage rates for nurses
Nursing staff who die from COVID-19 after this week will not be entitled to a life assurance payment despite ongoing loss of life, provoking outcry from the RCN
The RCN has officially rejoined the International Council of Nurses (ICN), a federation of more than 130 nursing organisations that represents 28 million nurses worldwide
Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to its lowest level since 1997, according to the 2021 British Social Attitudes survey
Free COVID-19 tests will continue to be available to help protect specific groups including eligible patients and NHS and care staff once the universal testing offer ends on 1 April
People with a learning disability, autism, or mental ill health often stay too long in hospitals and do not always experience therapeutic care, a report by the Care Quality Commission has said
The UK Health Security Agency is asking healthcare professionals to help reverse an upward trend in tuberculosis cases.
Muslim patients with diabetes may still want to fast. Here's how to support them, writes David Morris
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring statement has given nurses little to celebrate, the RCN has said
Just under 150,000 eligible patients booked their Spring boosters of coronavirus vaccine in the first 24 hours of availability, NHS England has said
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