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COVID-19: Test shortages threaten NHS staff

A lack of coronavirus tests for NHS staff is leading to staff absences and services being put at risk, NHS Providers have warned

COVID-19’s dangerous legacy

Mark Greener looks at the recent research into what the pandemic’s lasting impact will be

The importance of teaching about the menopause

What we keep getting wrong when treating menopause writes Ian Peate

The opportunity of the QNI’s strategy for nursing

The opportunity of the QNI’s strategy for nursing, writes Crystal Oldman

The impact of salt intake on health and nutrition

Sara Patience discusses the relationship between this common additive and cardiovascular conditions

All change: assessing the impact of seasons on asthma management

Beverley Bostock looks at how the changing weather may impact respiratory conditions

COVID-19: Managing risk when returning to school

Heather Henry discusses how to protect children’s mental and physical wellbeing in the classroom

Are we doing enough for our BME workforce in nursing?

The combination of the COVID-19 crisis and the Black Lives Matter movement has belatedly thrown a spotlight on racial inequalities in the NHS, writes Julie Roye

COVID-19 cuts prostate cancer referrals in half, as appointments dwindle

Urgent referrals for urological cancers have dropped by half in England compared to the same period last year, according to research by Prostate Cancer UK

New campaign to prevent winter spread of coronavirus

The ‘Hands. Face. Space’ campaign has been launched by the Government to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic this winter

Government struggling to tackle rising childhood obesity

The Department of Health and Social Care’s programme to combat childhood obesity may be unable to reduce rising rates due to multiple reorganisations and strategy changes, a report by the National...

Quarter of a million clear face masks to support people with hearing loss

Around 250,000 clear face masks are to be delivered to frontline NHS and social care workers to support better care for people who use lip-reading and facial expressions to communicate, the Department...

The environmental consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic

What will be the the long-term, post-pandemic cost of single-use face coverings?

The deadly myth of a ‘Second Wave’

Is talk of a second wave of COVID-19 stopping the NHS from doing its real job?

New Chair and Vice Chair of RCN Council announced

Dave Dawes and Carol Popplestone have been elected to the leadership roles of the RCN’s Council

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