A range of plans to ensure the safe future mass rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine have been announced by the government
Will the COVID-19 pandemic usher in a new era of technology in primary care?
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been slammed by practice nurses as 'poorly informed', after appearing to suggest he was about to pass legislation to allow them to administer flu jabs
Linda Nazarko explains the long-term, post-pandemic cost of single-use face coverings
How to maintain continuity in childhood vaccination during the coronavirus outbreak
Margaret Umeed explains the need to consider other conditions when assessing returning travellers
The QNI has creating the ‘TalkToUs’ listening service, enabling any nurse working in health or social care in the community to access emotional support and signposting to other services such as...
Research suggests that the reduction in urgent referrals, and delays and cancellations to treatment could contribute to a further 35,000 cancer deaths in the next five years
How the COVID-19 pandemic has sped up a technological revolution in health
It was hailed by World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as ‘one of the greatest achievements in public health history’, which would ‘leave behind a legacy in how...
The study also found that patients with a BMI greater than 30 have a 113% greater risk of being admitted to hospital with COVID-19, and a 74% greater chance of being admitted to intensive care
Public Health England and NHS Test and Trace will be unified to establish a new organisation focused on public health protection and infectious disease capability, the Government has announced
The Office for National Statistics will significantly expand its infection survey to 400,000 people in England, making it the country’s largest study tracking COVID-19 in the general population
People requiring support for their mental health are at risk of not getting the care they need and their conditions deteriorating due to increased demand brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, a...
Screening women for breast cancer from their 40s rather than their 50s could save lives without adding to the diagnosis of harmless cancers, a study published in the Lancet Oncology has suggested
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