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Can the Buurtzorg Model of nursing transform the NHS?

Could a Dutch system of nursing, based on autonomy and building relationships, provide key solutions to challenges in the NHS

Black health matters

​In the tumultuous story of the last year or so – which will be much more fun for people to study in the future than it is to live through now – the question of race and racial inequality has loomed...

COVID vaccine ‘does not invalidate Ramadan fast’, Muslim community told

Muslim health care professionals and Islamic scholars have released guidance to say the COVID vaccination does not break the Ramadan fast

‘Vast majority’ of nursing staff receive first vaccine

More than nine in 10 respondents to an RCN survey have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and nearly two-thirds (62%) have received both doses

COVID-19: UK moves into next phase of vaccine roll-out

People aged 45 to 49 are now being invited to book their vaccination appointments, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced

NMC releases proposals to modernise community and public health nursing education standards

The standards, which provide guidelines for almost 725 000 nurses and midwives in the UK, were last updated 15 years ago and it is hoped they can be improved through the input of a variety of...

RCN celebrates credentialing 1000 advanced nurse practitioners

A thousand nurses have been recognised by the RCN as advanced practitioners, just three years after the programme began

COVID-19: End-of-life care ‘not seen as essential’ during pandemic

Palliative and end of life care was compromised because services were not seen as 'frontline NHS' during the pandemic, a report from Marie Curie has claimed

COVID-19: Under-30s to be offered alternative to AstraZeneca vaccine

Patients aged 29 and under will be offered a different vaccine to the AstraZeneca jab, due to a small risk of blood clots, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has announced

COVID-19: 5 million people receive second dose of vaccine

More than 5 million people in the UK have received their second dose of a coronavirus vaccine, with nearly one in 10 UK adults having now received both doses, the Department of Health and Social Care...

COVID-19: Half possess antibodies in the UK

Approximately 50% of people in the UK now have antibodies against COVID-19, either through infection or vaccination, according to the Office for National Statistics

COVID-19: Mental health recovery plan announced

A plan to improve the provision of mental health services in the UK after the pandemic has been announced by the Department of Health and Social Care

COVID-19: Vaccines have prevented thousands of deaths

The COVID-19 vaccination programme has prevented as many as 6,100 deaths in England up to the end of February 2021, according to analysis carried out by Public Health England

NHS sets out COVID-19 recovery plan

NHS England has announced that it will be accelerating the delivery of operations and other non-urgent services as part of a £8.1 billion plan to help the health service recover all patient services...

‘Real risk’ thousands will leave the NHS after COVID

Thousands of staff could leave the NHS as a result of the challenges of the pandemic, unless they are given a chance to recover, the NHS Confederation has claimed

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