Research is beginning to identify drugs that may prevent or treat COVID-19, some of which have seemingly unlikely origins
The Royal College of Nursing has responded to the NHS’s latest monthly performance figures by calling for the Government to ease the burden on the profession with better workforce planning
Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health have called on the Government to consider raising the smoking age from 18 to 21
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has called for the end of the growing trend of recruiting staff without registered nursing qualifications into registered nursing posts, warning that the practice...
Nurses have been stretched to breaking point by COVID-19 but help is at hand to stave off burnout
The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has launched a new book of stories about school nursing, written by school nurses themselves. Featuring 19 real-life cast studies the book grew out of a workshop...
The Delta variant, also known as the Indian variant, has overtaken the Kent variant to become the dominant strain of coronavirus in the UK, according to Public Health England
The Government must address how racial discrimination and economic disadvantage has affected ethnic minority communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Health Foundation has said
The government has dropped plans to ban staff moving between care homes following pressure from the RCN
The RCN has called for a public inquiry into the Government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, after testimony from Boris Johnson’s former chief aide Dominic Cummings
A new study by Public Health England (PHE) shows for the first time that 2 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective against the B.1.617.2 variant first identified in India
The Government has launched new self-isolation support pilots for 9 areas across England with higher COVID-19 rates
Health services across the UK have now administered 57.8 million vaccines, including 36.9 million people with their first dose and 20.8 million with both doses
A new survey by the RCN shows that 15% of respondents suffered a sharps injury in 2020, 50% higher than when the survey was last carried out in 2008
Better personal protective equipment (PPE) for nurses and other staff is vital as variants of concern spread and raise the prospect of a further wave, the RCN has said
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