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Northern Ireland: Nurses to be balloted on strike action

Nurses are being asked by the RCN if they are willing to take industrial action over the staffing and pay crisis for nurses in Northern Ireland

A summary of key topics from the European Respiratory Society International Congress, 29th September – 2nd October 2019, Madrid, Spain

A summary of key topics from the European Respiratory Society International Congress, 29th September – 2nd October 2019, Madrid, Spain

QNI: The oldest nursing charity in the world

Guinness World Records has confirmed that the Queen’s Nursing Institute is the world’s oldest nursing charity

The climate crisis: RCN pledges to ‘take action’

The Royal College of Nursing has said it will ‘ensure that Government plays its part’ in dealing with the issue of climate change

Flu: Record numbers offered vaccine

Around 25 million people in England will be offered free NHS flu jab this winter, Public Health England has announced

Increasing childhood obesity ‘will overwhelm’ health services

Over 250 million children in the world will be living with obesity by 2030 according to the first Atlas of Childhood Obesity

Global Mental Health mapping initiative

Countdown Global Mental Health 2030 is an initiative that aims to monitor and assess mental health and its treatments across the world

Heart attack gender gap ‘costing women's lives’

Inequalities in awareness, diagnosis and treatment of heart attacks are leading to women needlessly dying every day in the UK, according to a new report by the British Heart Foundation

Results of Royal College of Nursing Council Election announced

The results of the election to the governing council of the RCN have been announced

Increased funding for cancer screening

New funding will be used to replace MRI machines, CT scanners and breast screening equipment, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced

Competition to mark 100 years of professional nursing

A competition to mark the centenary of nursing regulation is now open for entries. The competition is to design a commemorative pin for the occasion which will be given to long-standing nurses on the...

‘Concerning’ decrease in vaccination coverage across England

Childhood vaccination uptake across England is falling according to the latest report by NHS England

Sex and disability: The conversation we urgently need to have

We want to be part of normalising the conversations around sex and disability, and this also means better supporting professionals who work young people and their diverse needs.

‘Shame’ of student debt slammed by RCM

The government should be ashamed of the levels of student midwife debt, the RCM chief executive has said in the opening speech to the organisation’s conference

Sertraline may treat anxiety rather than depression

Sertraline could potentially be prescribed to a ‘wider group’ of patients, according to a recent study of its effects on reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety

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