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Learning lessons from COVID-19

Nurses share the lessons they have been learning since the pandemic began, how this is helping their practice, and the new ways of working that will be retained in the future. Kathy Oxtoby reports

The fix for social care that never was

As winter draws closer, what can we do about social care reform, asks Mike Shallcross

All nursing staff should have any vaccine deemed necessary

The Government is seeking views on plans for staff in health and care settings in England to be required to have COVID-19 and flu vaccines to protect vulnerable people

Four in five people aged 16 and over vaccinated with both doses

More than 80% of people aged 16 and over in the UK have received 2 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced

Charity appeals for nurses and midwives to do 10k Their Way to help colleagues

The Cavell Trust has issued its annual call for nurses to support colleagues in need, by taking part in the 10k Their Way campaign.

Government continues to bury its head in the sand over social care, says RCN

The Government’s long-promised plan to fix social care has been slammed by the RCN, for not addressing low pay and critical staff shortages in the sector

Nurses and midwives feel ‘unprepared and unsupported’ in first roles

Many newly qualified nurses and midwives say they feel unprepared for their first job due to missed learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey from UNISON has found

Veterans’ mental health services to receive £2.7 million boost

Armed forces veterans will benefit from extra support including extra mental health services due to £2.7 million funding, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced

RCN Congress 2021 to be held exclusively online

This year’s RCN congress will take place virtually, after the organisation’s Council members decided this was the best way to safeguard members, after allegations of serious sexual harassment came to...

COVID-19: Initiative boosts ethnic minority vaccinations

The ‘grab-a-jab’ campaign by NHS England has vaccinated more than 700,000 people from ethnic minority backgrounds since rolling out

NAFLD and its link with type-2 diabetes: why we should be worried

Louise Cremonesini and Emma Harkin look at this increasingly common form of liver disease

Managing obesity in individuals with type 2 diabetes

David Morris looks at how nurses can advise overweight patients with diabetes

Advocating for patients

Nicola Davies looks at how nurses can use their position to speak up for patients

COVID-19's impact on care homes was not inevitable

What national policymakers do to protect people who use and provide adult social care still matters – and the scale of the impact of COVID-19 on social care was not inevitable

Care beyond medicine

Kathy Oxtoby looks at how social prescribing offers a new holistic approach to public health

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