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Primary Care Nursing Live returns online

The hugely popular Primary Care Nursing Live show is going virtual for its seventh year

COVID-19: New vaccine shows nearly 90% efficacy

The new Novavax vaccine has been shown to be 89.3% effective in large-scale UK trials

COVID-19: Information and equipment needed to protect nurses

More detailed information on how the virus is affecting nursing staff, and more protective equipment, are needed, the Royal College of Nursing has said

COVID-19: Death toll passes 100,000

The UK has become the first European country to officially record more than 100,000 coronavirus deaths

QNI publishes Race, Equality and Inclusivity Action Plan

The Queen’s Nursing Institute has produced an action plan following its first formal Race, Equality and Inclusivity review

Pay rise would ‘reassure undervalued staff’

An immediate increase to pay for NHS nurses and other staff would encourage them to stay in the NHS, a joint letter signed by leading health unions has stated

The Pandemic's Hidden Death Toll

As the UK enters its third lockdown, the COVID-19 pandemic is at the forefront of the minds of the UK. However, recent data shows that we should be especially concerned by the knock-on effects of the...

Social care: Sector to receive £269 million boost

Nearly £270 million in funding will be provided to care homes to improve staffing levels and COVID-19 testing, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced

COVID-19: Over 4 million people receive first dose of vaccine

More than 4 million people in the UK have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as part of the largest vaccination programme in British history

In the Bleak Mid-Winter: Supporting children with asthma

Heather Henry explains how young people with this respiratory condition can be supported during COVID

An audit of the psychological impact of COVID- 19 on nurses

Amira Obeid and Wasim Hanif examine the impact of the pandemic on mental health

COVID-19 and the need for ‘mental PPE’

If the crisis point for healthy care professionals of the early pandemic was the lack of adequate PPE, the current one is of mental health

COVID-19: Vaccines rolled out to people aged 70 years and over

People aged 70 and over and the clinically extremely vulnerable have begun receiving invitations for vaccinations

COVID-19: Record numbers test positive over New Year period

A record 390,000 positive cases of COVID-19 were reported between 31 December and 6 January, the highest weekly figure to date, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced

NMC announces new COVID-19 education standards

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) will reintroduce emergency education standards to enable final year nursing students to opt in to support the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, via extended...

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