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RCM calls upon NHS to respect the right to pain relief during childbirth

The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has called upon the NHS to make sure pain relief is available to ‘every woman who wants it, provided it is safe to do so’

Coronavirus: Government sets out plans to contain spread

Almost 20% of the UK population could be off work sick during the peak of the coronavirus outbreak in a worst case scenario, the Government have said as part of their response

Coronavirus: New guidance published for staff

Guidance to support staff in managing COVID-19 has been produced by the RCN, RCM and other trade unions

Spike in depression ‘linked to Universal Credit’

A rise in mental-health problems among the unemployed has been linked with the rollout of universal credit and other government welfare changes, in a study published by Lancet Public Health

The suicide crisis in nursing

Nicola Davies explains what nurses can do to support colleagues who might be at risk

Effects of work environment on patient and nurse outcomes

Several parameters of the nurse's work environment lead to fewer patient complications and lower nurse burnout

Coronavirus: UK schools shut as outbreak spreads across Europe

Four schools have been closed due to the COVID-19, after students returned from Northern Italy, an area with a severe outbreak

Life expectancy fails to rise for ‘first time in a century’

For the first time in more than 100 years life expectancy has failed to increase across the country, and for the poorest 10% of women it has actually declined, the Marmot 2020 review has found

Diabetes: Record high at risk of developing type 2

Two million people in England are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a record high, NHS figures have shown

Health visiting: Services unable to offer the minimum level of support

Cuts to public health budgets have left health visitors overstretched and unable to provide high quality care in some areas, the Institute for Health Visiting’s annual survey has found

Major funding boost to Care Home Nurses Network

The RCN Foundation will provide funding for 3 years to the Care Home Nurses Network, allowing the project to extend to Wales and Northern Ireland

‘Too many’ staff still face abuse

NHS staff are happier and more likely to recommend their organisation as a place to work than last year, but too many still experience unacceptable abuse from patients and the public, the NHS Staff...

'Significant increase’ in BME representation at senior levels

There has been a notable rise in representation of BME people at board level across the NHS, according to the latest annual Workforce Race Equality Standard

Mumps outbreaks across England

Mumps cases have risen to the highest levels in a decade, as Public Health England urges patients to get vaccinated

Cuts to services leave children's health at risk

Reductions in the school nursing and health visiting workforce risk harming provision of children and young people’s health, the British Medical Association has warned

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