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Common comorbidities in COPD – providing patient-centred care

COPD management must incorporate looking for and treating several other conditions

Charity slams lack of mental health support for young people with cancer

Young people with cancer are finding it increasingly difficult to accesss mental health services, leaving at them at risk of lifelong trauma, according to the Teenage Cancer Trust

Have your say on the future of nursing education

Now is the time to have your voice heard on the future of professional education in the community, says Queen's Nursing Institute chief executive Crystal Oldman

End the hospice funding crisis – before it is too late

Sue Ryder Chief Executive Heidi Travis warns that funding hospices cannot be left solely to chance and charity

RCN announces new President

Dr Denise Chaffer has been elected the next President of the Royal College of Nursing

Sir Simon Stevens: ‘Nurses deserve fair pay’

Sir Simon Stevens, the outgoing chief executive of NHS England, has said that nursing staff deserve fair and appropriate pay, as part of his remarks at the NHS Confederation Conference

Treatment and management of acne in primary care settings

Dr Suneeta Kochhar explains how this common dermatological condition can be treated effectively

More than just a jab – the ethics of the vaccine

There is nothing our current Prime Minister likes to do more than play Father Bountiful – even if he does give the impression of someone who is much happier writing cheques, than he is honouring them

Beyond the jab: The availability of drugs for COVID-19

Research is beginning to identify drugs that may prevent or treat COVID-19, some of which have seemingly unlikely origins

RCN urges government to fix ‘chronic’ staff shortages as waiting lists top 5 million

The Royal College of Nursing has responded to the NHS’s latest monthly performance figures by calling for the Government to ease the burden on the profession with better workforce planning

MPs demand rise in smoking age to 21 to end ‘tobacco epidemic’

Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health have called on the Government to consider raising the smoking age from 18 to 21

RCN calls for end to risky recruitment practices

​The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has called for the end of the growing trend of recruiting staff without registered nursing qualifications into registered nursing posts, warning that the practice...

Getting to grips with burnout

Nurses have been stretched to breaking point by COVID-19 but help is at hand to stave off burnout

School nursing brought to life by new QNI book

The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has launched a new book of stories about school nursing, written by school nurses themselves. Featuring 19 real-life cast studies the book grew out of a workshop...

COVID on the rise again in UK as Indian variant becomes dominant strain

The Delta variant, also known as the Indian variant, has overtaken the Kent variant to become the dominant strain of coronavirus in the UK, according to Public Health England

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