Palliative and end of life care was compromised because services were not seen as 'frontline NHS' during the pandemic, a report from Marie Curie has claimed
Patients aged 29 and under will be offered a different vaccine to the AstraZeneca jab, due to a small risk of blood clots, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has announced
More than 5 million people in the UK have received their second dose of a coronavirus vaccine, with nearly one in 10 UK adults having now received both doses, the Department of Health and Social Care...
Approximately 50% of people in the UK now have antibodies against COVID-19, either through infection or vaccination, according to the Office for National Statistics
A plan to improve the provision of mental health services in the UK after the pandemic has been announced by the Department of Health and Social Care
The COVID-19 vaccination programme has prevented as many as 6,100 deaths in England up to the end of February 2021, according to analysis carried out by Public Health England
NHS England has announced that it will be accelerating the delivery of operations and other non-urgent services as part of a £8.1 billion plan to help the health service recover all patient services...
Thousands of staff could leave the NHS as a result of the challenges of the pandemic, unless they are given a chance to recover, the NHS Confederation has claimed
NHS salaries have fallen in real-terms by up to 32%, a new analysis by the RCN has found
The debut novel by Independent Nurse’s publisher Mark Allen, has won plaudits from leading literary figures for its realistic descriptions of the nursing world.
A £7 billion package for health and care services to support the next phase of the NHS response to COVID-19 has been announced by the Department of Health and Social Care
Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, must remember the work of nursing staff he praised after his own hospital stay and reconsider his 1% NHS pay award, Dame Donna Kinnair, chief executive of the RCN...
An extra £12 billion a year is needed to invest in the NHS and care system, to recover the damage done by the COVID-19 pandemic, a report from the Institute for Public Policy Research has found
People with underlying conditions including cancer, diabetes and heart disease are being encouraged to get a COVID-19 vaccine by UK health charities
Nicola Davies looks at how nurses can better understand the mind, in order to heal the body
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