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Charity slams lack of mental health support for young people with cancer

Young people with cancer are finding it increasingly difficult to accesss mental health services, leaving at them at risk of lifelong trauma, according to the Teenage Cancer Trust

Have your say on the future of nursing education

Now is the time to have your voice heard on the future of professional education in the community, says Queen's Nursing Institute chief executive Crystal Oldman

Sir Simon Stevens: ‘Nurses deserve fair pay’

Sir Simon Stevens, the outgoing chief executive of NHS England, has said that nursing staff deserve fair and appropriate pay, as part of his remarks at the NHS Confederation Conference

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RCN announces new President

Dr Denise Chaffer has been elected the next President of the Royal College of Nursing

RCN urges government to fix ‘chronic’ staff shortages as waiting lists top 5 million

The Royal College of Nursing has responded to the NHS’s latest monthly performance figures by calling for the Government to ease the burden on the profession with better workforce planning

Beyond the jab: The availability of drugs for COVID-19

Research is beginning to identify drugs that may prevent or treat COVID-19, some of which have seemingly unlikely origins

MPs demand rise in smoking age to 21 to end ‘tobacco epidemic’

Members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health have called on the Government to consider raising the smoking age from 18 to 21

RCN calls for end to risky recruitment practices

?The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has called for the end of the growing trend of recruiting staff without registered nursing qualifications into registered nursing posts, warning that the practice compromises patient safety

Getting to grips with burnout

Nurses have been stretched to breaking point by COVID-19 but help is at hand to stave off burnout

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COVID on the rise again in UK as Indian variant becomes dominant strain

The Delta variant, also known as the Indian variant, has overtaken the Kent variant to become the dominant strain of coronavirus in the UK, according to Public Health England

School nursing brought to life by new QNI book

The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has launched a new book of stories about school nursing, written by school nurses themselves. Featuring 19 real-life cast studies the book grew out of a workshop with the award-winning US writer Suzanne Gordon in 2019 and showcases the range of work school nurses do in schools, homes and communities

COVID-19: Pandemic has disproportionately impacted ethnic minority communities

The Government must address how racial discrimination and economic disadvantage has affected ethnic minority communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Health Foundation has said

Government U-turn on staff moving between care homes

The government has dropped plans to ban staff moving between care homes following pressure from the RCN

COVID-19: Public inquiry demands after Cummings testimony

The RCN has called for a public inquiry into the Government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, after testimony from Boris Johnson’s former chief aide Dominic Cummings

COVID-19: Vaccines ‘highly effective’ against Indian variant

A new study by Public Health England (PHE) shows for the first time that 2 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines are highly effective against the B.1.617.2 variant first identified in India

COVID-19: New pilots to further support people to self-isolate

The Government has launched new self-isolation support pilots for 9 areas across England with higher COVID-19 rates

Pandemic stress and lack of training leads to rise in sharps injuries

A new survey by the RCN shows that 15% of respondents suffered a sharps injury in 2020, 50% higher than when the survey was last carried out in 2008

COVID-19: 70% of UK adults vaccinated

Health services across the UK have now administered 57.8 million vaccines, including 36.9 million people with their first dose and 20.8 million with both doses

Nurse who cared for Boris Johnson resigns from NHS

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

COVID-19: Improved PPE for nursing staff needed as Indian variant spreads

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

COVID-19: New measures to combat ‘Indian variant’

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

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Government reforms ‘could improve care services for patients’

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

Nurses’ response to COVID-19 pandemic hailed

The response of nurses and other healthcare workers to the outbreak of COVID-19 has been celebrated as part of International Nurses Day

Dismay as Queen’s Speech contains little to aid social care

The Government has been heavily criticised by healthcare organisations after plans for social care reform were almost entirely absent from the Queen’s Speech

Public’s concerns on staffing to be addressed by new standards

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

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