A new initiative has been launched by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to help people reduce the risk of developing serious illness and being hospitalised with COVID-19
Around 132 million COVID-19 vaccinations were administered across all 4 nations of the UK in 2021, as part of the largest vaccination programme in British history
I’m nervous. They asked me to write about nursing for Christmas. Ok, how do I approach this?
it is very odd that one group who have played a key role in rolling out one of our main defence against COVID-19 – the vaccine programme – should feel largely invisible.They are nurses like me who...
A new report has found that 12,400 fewer patients participated in cardiac rehabilitation programmes in 2020 than in 2019.
There is increasing concern that the public’s trust could be abused by a small but vocal group referring to themselves as nurses to lend credibility to misinformation
Graham Revie and Denise Kelly have been re-elected to the roles of committee Chair and Vice Chair of the RCN Trade Union Committee
Every eligible adult can book their booster jab from today as the NHS COVID-19 Vaccination programme seeks to protect the nation from the new Omicron strain of the virus.
Catherine Heffernan looks at how influenza vaccinations will be conducted in the aftermath of COVID-19
Heather Henry explains how this environmental threat is affecting the nation’s health
RCN Chair of Council Carol Popplestone described them as ‘sensible measures’ which were ‘key to cutting the risk of increased hospitalisations and reducing transmission'
Leading men’s health charity, Prostate Cancer UK, is calling for nurses with an interest in the most common men’s cancer to join its flagship Clinical Champions programme
The idea of the people who set the rules not playing by them is always infuriating to the public
The NHS is launching a drive to recruit 10,000 vaccination workers today on the anniversary of the first Pfizer jab being delivered
The Government's 10-year Drug Strategy aims to tackle drugs and prevent crime is to be backed by a record increase in funding for drug treatment
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