NICE recommends two 'life-changing' technologies for children with Type 2 diabetes

For the first time, new NICE guidance has recommended the use of real-time continuous glucose monitoring or intermittently scanned glucose monitoring devices for some children who live with the...

Community pharmacies given new powers to prescribe as part of Primary Care Recovery Plan

By next winter people with seven common conditions including earache, sore throat and urinary tract infections will be able to access the service

New report reveals 2 million people with diabetes not receiving adequate care

UK government missed opportunities to prepare social care for COVID-19 pandemic

A report published by the Nuffield Trust and London School of Economics focused on the first four months of the pandemic and examined the issues which emerged in the sector.

UKHSA urges parents to check children's MMR records are up to date as measles cases rise

Between 1 January and 20 April this year, there have been 49 cases of measles compared to 54 cases being recorded for the whole of 2022.

RCN to ballot members on further strike action

The RCN has written to Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay to inform him that the union will ballot its 280,000 members in England’s NHS over further strike action to be held between June...

Public warned to be vigilant, as thousands of COVID-19 cases reported each week

Experts are warning that COVID-19 has ‘not gone away’, with elderly patients still at risk from the virus

RCN reacts angrily as High Court rules 2 May strike illegal

The ruling comes after the UK government asked the High Court to assess whether the last day of the RCN’s planned strike action fell outside of their six-month mandate for strikes.

Up to 170,000 young people undiagnosed with hypertension, says ONS

The statistics revealed that 66% of males and 26% of females aged 16 to 24 with high blood pressure were particularly likely to be undiagnosed

Access to NHS soups and shakes diets for Type 2 diabetes to be expanded

The Type 2 Diabetes Path to Remission programme was piloted in 2020 as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.

New study will research extent of antimicrobial resistance in healthy people through stool samples

The study will look at age, sex, ethnicity and geographical location to understand if there are any key differences between demographics.

Government set to take RCN to court over upcoming strike action

This comes after it received a request from NHS Employers last week asking the health secretary to intervene and seek the view of the courts.

The lessons and inspiration of Dame Deborah James

The highlight of last month's annual QNI meeting the final session by QNI Chair, Professor John Unsworth interviewing Heather James, mother of Dame Deborah James, known as BowelBabe, the extraordinary...

NHS employers seek to block RCN strike on 2 May

It has been revealed that the NHS have launched a legal challenge to block the second day of upcoming strikes.

RCM calls for more targeted investment into maternity services to narrow health inequalities

This comes after a report by the Women and Equalities Committee found that Black women are almost four times more likely to die from childbirth than White women.