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Public satisfaction with NHS reaches all time low

Health think tanks the Nuffield Trust and The Kings Fund analysed the British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey and found that overall satisfaction with the heath service stands at 29%.

Voting on pay offer now open

RCN members have until 9am on 14 April to cast their vote on whether to accept or reject the offer via the RCN website.

The NHS shouldn't cost the Earth

We need to give more thought to how environmentally sustainable the NHS is. Wearing overshoes does not stop us from having a carbon footprint

Polio vaccine catch-up campaign to be rolled out by NHS

The rate of children in London receiving their polio vaccinations by the time they turn one is 87.9% compared to 92.1% in England as a whole

New UTI tests could provide quicker and more accurate diagnoses

If the tests are proven to be beneficial, they could be rolled out in the NHS to help improve antimicrobial prescribing

Voting on pay offer opens 28 March

RCN members will be able to cast their vote on the proposed pay offer from 28 March, the union has announced.

New medical care centres for pregnant women rolled out by NHS

Each centre is led by a multidisciplinary team consisting of physicians, obstetricians, midwives, nurses and other clinicians who provide specialist medical advice before, during and after pregnancy

UK government offers nursing staff new pay offer

The UK government have offered nursing staff in England a new pay offer, including a one-off payment for the current financial year 2022/23 worth between £1,655 and £3,789 for Agenda for Change staff...

Those with new or multiple sexual partners urged to get tested after gonorrhoea cases resurge

Gonorrhoea cases have resurged in England since the easing of coronavirus restrictions in 2021, the UK Health Security Agency has said

No mention of nursing in Budget speech

Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, failed to address the nursing workforce crisis in a budget statement that barely mentioned the NHS or social care, the RCN has said

PCN Live returns as an in-person event

15 March saw nurses and allied healthcare professionals from across the UK attend PCN Live, held in-person for the first time since 2019

Rescue packs for COPD: problem or panacea?

Beverley Bostock discusses the rationale for offering rescue packs as part of self-management of COPD

New models of vaccine delivery

Catherine Heffernan explains how the pandemic has affected thinking about immunisation models

Quality of care has significantly declined

Only 61.8% of NHS nurses and midwives said they would be happy with the standard of care provided by their organisation if a friend or relative needed treatment, the NHS Staff Survey has revealed

New dashboard launched to help reduce CO2 emissions from inhalers

The new ‘Respiratory- Carbon Impact Dashboard’ by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) contains easy to understand data for prescribers to reduce the high carbon impact of inhalers.

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