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
Jenny McGee, a nurse who cared for Prime Minister Boris Johnson when he was in intensive care has quit the NHS, criticising the government's handling of the pandemic and nurses' pay
Proposals for reforms of the NHS and social care have the potential to improve the delivery of care services for patients, a report by the parliamentary Health and Social Care Committee has found
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has outlined new actions to control the coronavirus variant first identified in India which is beginning to spread in the UK
The Government has been heavily criticised by healthcare organisations after plans for social care reform were almost entirely absent from the Queen’s Speech
The response of nurses and other healthcare workers to the outbreak of COVID-19 has been celebrated as part of International Nurses Day
Seven in 10 people believe there are too few nurses to deliver safe care, according to a new poll commissioned to coincide with the RCN’s launch of the first nurse workforce standards
The number of deaths linked to alcohol in 2020 was the highest since 2001, data from the Office for National Statistics shows
Vaccines tailored to tackle COVID-19 variants are to be accelerated through new state-of-the-art labs, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced
Joanne Reynard, the nurse manager of a vaccination centre at Leeds United’s football ground
Graham Cope looks at how antibiotic resistant bacteria have fared during the coronavirus pandemic
Graham Cope explains how people with mental health conditions can be encouraged to quit smoking
The annual figure of district nurses qualifying in 2020 rose from 554 to 675, equating to an overall increase of 22% from 2018/19, the Annual District Nurse Education Report from the QNI has found
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