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Sheila Sobrany elected as new RCN President

Sheila Sobrany will take up the role of RCN President from 1 January 2023

Learning from our equals

Kathy Oxtoby looks at a new initiative aimed at boosting positive interaction within the nursing workforce

More than 29,000 applications for nursing accepted

New data by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service showed that English universities offered places to 29,440 nursing applicants in 2022

GP practices told to have low threshold when prescribing antibiotics as Strep A infections rise

The UKHSA reported a significant increase in cases of scarlet fever as they continue to remain higher than typically seen at this time of year

NHS set to eliminate hepatitis C in three years

A five-year contract worth almost £1 billion has helped the NHS to reduce deaths by 35%

NHS nursing vacancies increase as strike looms

Nursing staff vacancies soared to nearly 48,000, new data reveals

Mental health disorders increasing in young people

NHS England conducted a survey consisting of 2,866 children and young people who had taken part in similar surveys since 2017

Dementia drug first to slow destruction of brain

A new treatment for Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia, which slows the condition’s progress, has been hailed a momentous breakthrough

Nurses to strike in December

The RCN has confirmed the locations where nurses will go on strike on 15 and 20 December

An appointment with the bank manager

Who is Steve Barclay, the Health Secretary presiding over the first ever nurses' strike?

RCN announces pre-Christmas strike dates

Members of the Royal College of Nursing will go on strike on Thursday 15 and Tuesday 20 December

Universal flu vaccine could prevent another pandemic

Scientists have made a breakthrough in the development of a vaccine for 20 types of flu, which they say could stop another pandemic

Nurses confirmed as the most trusted profession

Nursing has topped an independent poll of the country’s most-trusted professions in Britain

Warm Home prescription trial service will heat homes of the vulnerable

The service pays the energy bills of the vulnerable who cannot afford to heat their homes to reduce the risk of them becoming ill and needing costly care.

Consultation launched to combat antimicrobial resistance

The Government has launched a consultation on a 20 year plan to protect patients from the ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance

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