The Government must address how racial discrimination and economic disadvantage has affected ethnic minority communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Health Foundation has said
The government has dropped plans to ban staff moving between care homes following pressure from the RCN
The RCN has called for a public inquiry into the Government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, after testimony from Boris Johnson’s former chief aide Dominic Cummings
A new study by Public Health England (PHE) shows for the first time that 2 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective against the B.1.617.2 variant first identified in India
The Government has launched new self-isolation support pilots for 9 areas across England with higher COVID-19 rates
Health services across the UK have now administered 57.8 million vaccines, including 36.9 million people with their first dose and 20.8 million with both doses
A new survey by the RCN shows that 15% of respondents suffered a sharps injury in 2020, 50% higher than when the survey was last carried out in 2008
Better personal protective equipment (PPE) for nurses and other staff is vital as variants of concern spread and raise the prospect of a further wave, the RCN has said
Jenny McGee, a nurse who cared for Prime Minister Boris Johnson when he was in intensive care has quit the NHS, criticising the government's handling of the pandemic and nurses' pay
Proposals for reforms of the NHS and social care have the potential to improve the delivery of care services for patients, a report by the parliamentary Health and Social Care Committee has found
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has outlined new actions to control the coronavirus variant first identified in India which is beginning to spread in the UK
The Government has been heavily criticised by healthcare organisations after plans for social care reform were almost entirely absent from the Queen’s Speech
The response of nurses and other healthcare workers to the outbreak of COVID-19 has been celebrated as part of International Nurses Day
Seven in 10 people believe there are too few nurses to deliver safe care, according to a new poll commissioned to coincide with the RCN’s launch of the first nurse workforce standards
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