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Nine out of ten RCN members willing to take action short of a strike

The results of the RCN’s indicative ballots of members working on Agenda for Change contracts in England and Wales have been announced

UK marks one year since approving COVID-19 vaccine

It has been one year since the UK became the first country to approve the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19

All adults to be offered COVID-19 boosters by end of January

Almost 7 million extra over 40s are now eligible for booster programme in England as gap between doses is halved, in response to the new Omicron variant of the virus

Wes Streeting appointed Shadow Secretary for Health and Social Care

Wes Streeting, MP for Ilford North since 2010, has been named as the new opposition spokesperson on health and social care

New fund to support suicide prevention services

The government has launched a £5 million fund to support the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise sector on suicide prevention services

New COVID-19 variant under investigation

New precautionary travel restrictions are being introduced as the UK Health Security Agency confirms a new variant of COVID-19 is being investigated

Major reforms to NHS workforce planning announced

Recruitment, training and retention of staff, and digital transformation will be central to NHS under new reforms announced by the Department of Health and Social Care

Government misses opportunity to protect patient care

There is 'widespread disappointment and disbelief' after the Government disregards amendments to the Health and Care Bill, despite broad support from healthcare unions

British Journal of Community Nursing launches new website

The new site brings together three years’ worth of content from the journal on care of the older person, long-term conditions and frailty/dementia as well as the latest professional issues

Prostate cancer care after the COVID pandemic

How has COVID-19 affected treatment for the most common cancer in men

Antibiotic resistance could be a 'hidden pandemic', warn health officials

New data shows that bloodstream infections dropped in 2020 for the first time since 2016 but remain at a higher level than 6 years ago, raising concerns of a potential pandemic

COVID-19 booster programme extended

The COVID-19 booster programme will be extended to people aged 40 and over, and the NHS will offer a second dose to people aged 16 to 17, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced

A century of self-awareness

Dr Aaron T Beck, of Pennsylvania in the USA, passed away at the beginning of this month at the impressive age of 100. He may well be the greatest medical pioneer you have never heard of

Black women four times more likely to die in childbirth

Black women are more than four times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than white women in the UK, a new report has found

Practice Nursing launches new website

Leading nursing publication Practice Nursing has launched a brand new website

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