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RCN re-joins International Council of Nurses

The RCN has officially rejoined the International Council of Nurses (ICN), a federation of more than 130 nursing organisations that represents 28 million nurses worldwide

Satisfaction with the NHS at lowest level in 25 years

Public satisfaction with the NHS has fallen to its lowest level since 1997, according to the 2021 British Social Attitudes survey

Staff to continue to benefit from free COVID-19 testing

Free COVID-19 tests will continue to be available to help protect specific groups including eligible patients and NHS and care staff once the universal testing offer ends on 1 April

More action needed to ensure people with learning disabilities get the right care

People with a learning disability, autism, or mental ill health often stay too long in hospitals and do not always experience therapeutic care, a report by the Care Quality Commission has said

Renewed calls to tackle tuberculosis

The UK Health Security Agency is asking healthcare professionals to help reverse an upward trend in tuberculosis cases.

Advising fasting patients with diabetes during Ramadan

Muslim patients with diabetes may still want to fast. Here's how to support them, writes David Morris

Nursing ‘short-changed’ by Spring statement

Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring statement has given nurses little to celebrate, the RCN has said

COVID-19 vaccine programme delivers first Spring boosters

Just under 150,000 eligible patients booked their Spring boosters of coronavirus vaccine in the first 24 hours of availability, NHS England has said

Maternity underfunding means care not based on women’s safety

Some NHS trusts and boards are basing midwifery staffing levels on what they can afford, not women and baby’s needs, due to chronic underfunding, the Royal College of Midwives has said

Soaring petrol prices could see patient care suffer

The Chancellor must take ‘urgent’ action to prevent nurses being forced off the road by rising petrol prices, the RCN have said

Ukrainian children brought to England for cancer treatment

The NHS is providing care to 21 Ukrainian children who have been brought to England to escape the Russian invasion of the eastern European country

The legacy of COVID-19 – two years on

With the best will in the world, COVID-19 would still have hit the UK hard, but had we started with a better health infrastructure, and had the Government acted more decisively, would we still have...

Record high number of referrals for mental health

Referrals for specialist NHS mental health care reached a record high in England by the end of 2021, data released by NHS Digital shows

Years of decline in NHS cancer and elective care

The Department for Health and Social Care has ‘overseen years of decline in the NHS’s cancer and elective care waiting time performance,’ a report by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has...

Preventing burnout in nursing

Kathy Oxtoby reports on the impact of burnout on general practice and community nurses

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