The service is being held this year on International Nurses’ Day, the 12th of May, at Westminster Abbey
We take a look back to a piece we published in August 2019 on the prospect of a global pandemic, and the plans PHE had to counter it. How did COVID get through the net?
‘This is a reset moment for how public services are delivered, which we cannot afford to waste’, the NHS Confederation has said, adding that the support that the government provides to the social care...
This year the awards ceremony by the Royal College of Midwives is being held at The Brewery in London, on the 5th of May
Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said that the target was ‘just a stepping stone. We need to go beyond 100,000 but we have now seen a very substantial increase in testing in quite a short period...
Data released by the Office of National Statistics has revealed ‘a clear and worrying trend’, according to health think tank, the Health Foundation. ‘That deaths in the most deprived areas are more...
A survey has shown that one in ten people would not contact their GP even if they had symptoms of cancer. This is evidenced by a 76% drop in cancer referrals since February as a result of people not...
Nurses active on social media have reported being abused for talking about the issues they are facing during COVID-19, including the lack of PPE.
The Wellcome Institute is holding a conference at their Genome Campus in Hinxton on the 27th-29th of April
With Britain in lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, the NHS has updated its advice and recommends people ‘consider taking 10 micrograms of vitamin D a day to keep bones and muscles healthy
The website that allows key workers to book testing for COVID-19 if they or a family member has symptoms has closed on the same day that it was opened, as demand from key workers quickly outstripped...
A conference for healthcare professionals interested in palliative care will be held on 23rd April 2020 at Ashlar House, Bury St. Edmunds
Delays in the delivery of PPE supplies from Turkey have prompted Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, to say this should be a ‘lesson for the Government’ on making promises before...
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has accused the Government of being ‘very slow’ and ‘way behind other European countries’ on testing health care professionals (HCPs) for COVID-19.
Margaret Perry explains how nurses can manage and distinguish between common dermatological symptoms
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