Government on track to deliver 26,000 more primary care staff The Government says that it is on track to deliver 26,000 more primary care staff to help improve patient access to appointments Almost 80% of eligible over-75s receive spring booster Nearly four in five of those aged 75+ who became eligible at the end of March for COVID-19 booster have taken up the vaccine, according to data from the UK Health Security Agency Radical action needed to boost nursing workforce Approximately 25,000 nurses left the NMC register in the past year, data from the regulator shows Monkeypox cases confirmed in the UK Seven cases of the rare disease Monkeypox have been confirmed by the UK Health Security Agency More than half a million adults are waiting for social care Over 500,000 people are waiting for an adult social care assessment, for care or a direct payment to begin or for a review of their care, research published by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services shows Public names nurses as making greatest contribution to society People across the UK say nurses are the top profession for their contribution to society, but worry about staff shortages, new polling reveals Government pledges are hollow words without workforce Without action to address staff vacancies in the NHS, plans outlined in the Queen’s Speech will not be achieved, the RCN has said Record numbers of disabled staff in senior management roles in the NHS The number of disabled staff in senior roles in England’s health service has more than doubled over the past three years, NHS England has announced RCN Council confirms extension of General Secretary’s tenure Pat Cullen is to stay in the role of General Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing for a further 12 months until the end of 2023 Pandemic death toll nearly 15 million, says WHO The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the deaths of nearly 15 million people around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates. Skin cancer warning as public plans summer holidays People must be vigilant about the effects of skin damage, as data released by charity Melanoma Focus shows 35% of adults in the UK are planning a summer holiday to a hot country Once a nurse, always a nurse As the latest return to practice campaign begins, Kathy Oxtoby looks at what it means to go back to nursing Record year for people receiving lifesaving NHS cancer checks Almost three million people were referred for cancer checks over the last 12 months – the highest year on record – up by over a tenth on the 2.4 million people referred before the pandemic Outbreak of salmonella linked to confectionary products An outbreak of salmonella cases has been linked to certain Kinder products made by Ferrero, the UK Health Security Agency has said One million families with five and six year olds invited for COVID jabs Invitations will be sent to more than one million families with five and six-year-olds this week, as the NHS continues the COVID-19 vaccination programme Lung checks lead to hundreds of early cancer diagnoses Hundreds of people have been diagnosed with lung cancer earlier through the use of mobile screening trucks, NHS England has announced Poor public health stifles UK economy A lack of government action to improve nation’s health is ‘holding back the UK’s economy’ according to report by the IPPR Health and Prosperity Commission Government to eradicate modern slavery from NHS supply chains The government has tabled an amendment to the Health and Care Bill aiming to eradicate the use of goods and services in the NHS that are affected by slavery and human trafficking Rise in child hepatitis cases linked to common virus The UK Health Security Agency is investigating over 100 cases of sudden-onset hepatitis in children in the UK since the start of this year. Vaccination boost to NHS workforce Over 11,000 people who signed up to become volunteer vaccinators will stay in the health service in other roles, NHS England has announced COVID-19 has shown how important language is for effective infection prevention The pandemic highlighted some of the confusion that exists around infection prevention guidance, a report by the RCN has found Calls for diabetes care recovery plan People living with diabetes have been ‘pushed to the back of the queue’ during the coronavirus pandemic and a national recovery plan is needed to get vital services back on track, Diabetes UK has said NHS App saves around 22,000 car journeys every month The NHS App has helped to reduce travel to GP practices with an average of 22,000 car journeys saved every month Can the Government level up health and social care? A new Government white paper aims to transform health and social care by joining up the sectors. But what are its chances of success 1 comment National insurance hike and rising inflation leaves experienced nurses over £900 worse off The recent rise in national insurance contributions, combined with record inflation, is leaving nurses nearly £1000 worse off, analysis by the RCN has found
Government on track to deliver 26,000 more primary care staff The Government says that it is on track to deliver 26,000 more primary care staff to help improve patient access to appointments
Almost 80% of eligible over-75s receive spring booster Nearly four in five of those aged 75+ who became eligible at the end of March for COVID-19 booster have taken up the vaccine, according to data from the UK Health Security Agency
Radical action needed to boost nursing workforce Approximately 25,000 nurses left the NMC register in the past year, data from the regulator shows
Monkeypox cases confirmed in the UK Seven cases of the rare disease Monkeypox have been confirmed by the UK Health Security Agency
More than half a million adults are waiting for social care Over 500,000 people are waiting for an adult social care assessment, for care or a direct payment to begin or for a review of their care, research published by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services shows
Public names nurses as making greatest contribution to society People across the UK say nurses are the top profession for their contribution to society, but worry about staff shortages, new polling reveals
Government pledges are hollow words without workforce Without action to address staff vacancies in the NHS, plans outlined in the Queen’s Speech will not be achieved, the RCN has said
Record numbers of disabled staff in senior management roles in the NHS The number of disabled staff in senior roles in England’s health service has more than doubled over the past three years, NHS England has announced
RCN Council confirms extension of General Secretary’s tenure Pat Cullen is to stay in the role of General Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing for a further 12 months until the end of 2023
Pandemic death toll nearly 15 million, says WHO The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the deaths of nearly 15 million people around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates.
Skin cancer warning as public plans summer holidays People must be vigilant about the effects of skin damage, as data released by charity Melanoma Focus shows 35% of adults in the UK are planning a summer holiday to a hot country
Once a nurse, always a nurse As the latest return to practice campaign begins, Kathy Oxtoby looks at what it means to go back to nursing
Record year for people receiving lifesaving NHS cancer checks Almost three million people were referred for cancer checks over the last 12 months – the highest year on record – up by over a tenth on the 2.4 million people referred before the pandemic
Outbreak of salmonella linked to confectionary products An outbreak of salmonella cases has been linked to certain Kinder products made by Ferrero, the UK Health Security Agency has said
One million families with five and six year olds invited for COVID jabs Invitations will be sent to more than one million families with five and six-year-olds this week, as the NHS continues the COVID-19 vaccination programme
Lung checks lead to hundreds of early cancer diagnoses Hundreds of people have been diagnosed with lung cancer earlier through the use of mobile screening trucks, NHS England has announced
Poor public health stifles UK economy A lack of government action to improve nation’s health is ‘holding back the UK’s economy’ according to report by the IPPR Health and Prosperity Commission
Government to eradicate modern slavery from NHS supply chains The government has tabled an amendment to the Health and Care Bill aiming to eradicate the use of goods and services in the NHS that are affected by slavery and human trafficking
Rise in child hepatitis cases linked to common virus The UK Health Security Agency is investigating over 100 cases of sudden-onset hepatitis in children in the UK since the start of this year.
Vaccination boost to NHS workforce Over 11,000 people who signed up to become volunteer vaccinators will stay in the health service in other roles, NHS England has announced
COVID-19 has shown how important language is for effective infection prevention The pandemic highlighted some of the confusion that exists around infection prevention guidance, a report by the RCN has found
Calls for diabetes care recovery plan People living with diabetes have been ‘pushed to the back of the queue’ during the coronavirus pandemic and a national recovery plan is needed to get vital services back on track, Diabetes UK has said
NHS App saves around 22,000 car journeys every month The NHS App has helped to reduce travel to GP practices with an average of 22,000 car journeys saved every month
Can the Government level up health and social care? A new Government white paper aims to transform health and social care by joining up the sectors. But what are its chances of success 1 comment
National insurance hike and rising inflation leaves experienced nurses over £900 worse off The recent rise in national insurance contributions, combined with record inflation, is leaving nurses nearly £1000 worse off, analysis by the RCN has found