Seven new gambling addiction clinics will open this summer as the services face record demand, NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard has announced
The RCN has warned that the Government that ‘you cannot recruit your way out of a retention crisis’, as PM Rishi Sunak prepared to unveil a ‘historic’ plan to tackle NHS staff shortages
A new study conducted by the King’s Fund has found that the UK is lagging behind other countries in preventing deaths through out of hospital care and has received a ‘mid-table’ ranking overall, with...
The RCN has failed to secure a new mandate for strike action in its latest ballot of members. Six months of planned nursing strikes will not go ahead as voter turnout failed to reach the required...
The UK government planned for the wrong pandemic, didn’t act on learnings from previous outbreaks and failed to prepare the right protective equipment for respiratory infections like COVID-19...
With just days to go until the NHS strike ballot for England closes, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Pat Cullen has warned that, unless enough members send their ballot papers by post, the...
The human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine is to be reduced from two doses to one from September 2023 for children aged between 12 and 13 and eligible gay or bisexual men.
Nurses can help the NHS to make respiratory care more sustainable safely. Heather Henry explains how
Scotland’s new model of vaccination delivery has bypassed GP surgeries, but with mixed results
Two new ‘super-engineered’ polio vaccines have been developed by scientists to support the World Health Organisation’s mission to completely eradicate the disease
Maria O’Neil, Palliative Clinical Nurse Specialist for Cambridgeshire Secured Services
Sara Patience looks at how nurses working in primary care settings can manage this common condition
The Alzheimer’s Society’s recent survey of Primary Care healthcare professionals showed that community nurses feel that they play a key role in initial assessments of people showing dementia symptoms,...
Anne Phillips shares some of the resources iDEAL Diabetes uses to promote best practice in patient care
The UKHSA is reminding Hajj and Umrah pilgrims to prioritise Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) safety measures when travelling to the Middle East
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