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Health Secretary admits that 100,000 test goal will be a ‘huge amount of work’

The Health Secretary Matt Hancock has admitted that hitting its new target for coronavirus tests has left the Government with ‘a huge amount of work to do’. Speaking as the NHS prepared to open a new temporary hospital, constructed in nine days at London’s ExCel centre, Mr Hancock described the target of 100,000 tests a day as ‘a big task and a big ask’, but claimed that in partnership with industry ‘this national effort’ was achievable

NMC will write to 40,000 ex-nurses and midwives in CORVID-19 recruitment drive

Nursing and Midwifery Council boss Andrea Sutcliffe says the Council will write to nurses and midwives who trained overseas or left the profession in the last four to five years to ask them to join the COVID-19 temporary register

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Coronavirus outbreak: community nurses still being failed by lack of PPE, says RCN

The Royal College of Nursing has called upon the Government to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) for community-based nursing staff as deaths from COVID-19 rise again

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New blood test could detect more than 50 types of cancer

A blood test for cancer is successful in detecting more than 50 types of cancer, according to new research. The test accurately found cancer in over 99% of cases, when tested on over 4000 participants

Coronavirus: Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive

Boris Johnson has tested positive for COVID-19, the Prime Minister has announced

Nearly 10,000 more nurses compared to last year

The number of nurses in the NHS has increased by 9398 and the number of doctors has risen by 5188 compared to this time last year, figures published by NHS England show

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Coronavirus: Boost as ‘millions’ of protective items delivered

Millions more items of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline staff have been delivered to NHS services across the country in the last few days as part of the fight against coronavirus, NHS England has announced

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Coronavirus: £20 million invested into COVID-19 research

Trials for a new coronavirus vaccine are among six projects to receive a share of a £20 million investment from the Government, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced

Coronavirus: Personal protection equipment vital for nurses

The Prime Minister must intervene to ensure that nurses treating patients with COVID-19 have sufficient protective equipment, the RCN has warned

Gambling: a threat to public health?

Alex Turnbull looks at efforts to tackle the mounting health challenge presented by gambling

Coronavirus: Former nurses urged to return to practice ‘to tackle greatest global health threat in history’

More than 65,000 former nurses and doctors are being asked to rejoin the NHS, as a new recruitment drive to support the fight against coronavirus begins

Nearly £3 billion investment into strengthening care for vulnerable patients

The Government will invest £2.9 billion to help patients who no longer need urgent hospital treatment to return home, with the goal of making at least 15,000 beds available during the coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus: Emergency measures to strengthen response published

New laws to protect public health, increase NHS capacity, and strengthen social care , have been introduced by the Government, as part of efforts to combat COVID-19

Pregnant women ‘should keep antenatal appointments’ despite COVID-19

Pregnant women should attend antenatal appointments as normal despite warnings that they should be shielded from coronavirus, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health have said in a joint statement

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Health Secretary admits that 100,000 test goal will be a ‘huge amount of work’

NMC will write to 40,000 ex-nurses and midwives in CORVID-19 recruitment drive

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Coronavirus outbreak: community nurses still being failed by lack of PPE, says RCN

New blood test could detect more than 50 types of cancer

Coronavirus: Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive

Nearly 10,000 more nurses compared to last year

Coronavirus: Boost as ‘millions’ of protective items delivered

Coronavirus: £20 million invested into COVID-19 research

Coronavirus: Personal protection equipment vital for nurses

Gambling: a threat to public health?

Coronavirus: Former nurses urged to return to practice ‘to tackle greatest global health threat in history’

Nearly £3 billion investment into strengthening care for vulnerable patients

Coronavirus: Emergency measures to strengthen response published

Pregnant women ‘should keep antenatal appointments’ despite COVID-19

BAME communities’ ‘unequal mental health care’

Health Education England to invest up to £10m in nursing placements

Coronavirus: UK moves to delay phase of action, as cases rise dramatically

Coronavirus: Largest single day increase in UK so far

NHS to combat ‘fake news’ around coronavirus online

Coronavirus: New plans announced as UK sees increase in cases

Coronavirus: Week’s roundup

‘False fears’ preventing smokers from using e-cigarettes to quit

Coronavirus: COVID-19 added to list of notifiable diseases

RCM calls upon NHS to respect the right to pain relief during childbirth

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