RCN calls for delay to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for NHS staff The RCN has called on Health Secretary Sajid Javid to delay the implementation of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for NHS staff in England, as the service faces major staff shortages New test to reliably predict spread of skin cancer A new test that reliably predicts the spread or return of the deadliest form of skin cancer has been developed by scientists working with the University of Newcastle COVID-19: New campaign launched urging pregnant women to get boosted Pregnant women are being urged to get vaccinated and boosted in a new drive, after it was found that almost all pregnant women who were hospitalised or admitted to intensive care with COVID-19 were unvaccinated Need for improvements to children’s diets after pandemic Families will be offered support to improve the diets of their children through a new initiative as the research reveals the number of parents giving unhealthy snacks to their children has increased during the pandemic COVID-19: UK records more than 150,000 deaths The UK has become the seventh country to record over 150,000 deaths linked to the COVID-19 pandemic FFP3 masks needed as sickness absence rates soar All healthcare workers must be provided with FFP3 masks when treating people with known or suspected COVID-19, the RCN has stated COVID recovery in England jeopardised by staff shortages Plans to address the ‘catastrophic impact’ of the pandemic on patients waiting for NHS treatment in England could be derailed by a lack of staff, according to a Health and Social Care Committee report Dementia cases expected to triple worldwide by 2050 By 2050, more than 153 million people could have dementia, up from 57 million in 2019, a study published in the Lancet Public Health has found COVID-19: UK delivered 132 million vaccines in 2021 Around 132 million COVID-19 vaccinations were administered across all 4 nations of the UK in 2021, as part of the largest vaccination programme in British history New campaign to encourage weight loss in 2022 A new initiative has been launched by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to help people reduce the risk of developing serious illness and being hospitalised with COVID-19 12,000 patients miss out on cardiac rehab because of COVID pandemic A new report has found that 12,400 fewer patients participated in cardiac rehabilitation programmes in 2020 than in 2019. 1 comment Protecting the title of nurse There is increasing concern that the public’s trust could be abused by a small but vocal group referring to themselves as nurses to lend credibility to misinformation 3 comments COVID-19 booster bookings open to every eligible adult Every eligible adult can book their booster jab from today as the NHS COVID-19 Vaccination programme seeks to protect the nation from the new Omicron strain of the virus. RCN Trade Union Committee Chair and Vice Chair announced Graham Revie and Denise Kelly have been re-elected to the roles of committee Chair and Vice Chair of the RCN Trade Union Committee Nurses sought for flagship Clinical Champions programme Leading men’s health charity, Prostate Cancer UK, is calling for nurses with an interest in the most common men’s cancer to join its flagship Clinical Champions programme RCN welcomes new 'Plan B' measures to stop the spread of the Omicron variant RCN Chair of Council Carol Popplestone described them as ‘sensible measures’ which were ‘key to cutting the risk of increased hospitalisations and reducing transmission' NHS England launches new recruitment drive The NHS is launching a drive to recruit 10,000 vaccination workers today on the anniversary of the first Pfizer jab being delivered Largest ever increase in funding for drug treatment The Government's 10-year Drug Strategy aims to tackle drugs and prevent crime is to be backed by a record increase in funding for drug treatment Nine out of ten RCN members willing to take action short of a strike The results of the RCN’s indicative ballots of members working on Agenda for Change contracts in England and Wales have been announced UK marks one year since approving COVID-19 vaccine It has been one year since the UK became the first country to approve the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 All adults to be offered COVID-19 boosters by end of January Almost 7 million extra over 40s are now eligible for booster programme in England as gap between doses is halved, in response to the new Omicron variant of the virus Wes Streeting appointed Shadow Secretary for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting, MP for Ilford North since 2010, has been named as the new opposition spokesperson on health and social care New COVID-19 variant under investigation New precautionary travel restrictions are being introduced as the UK Health Security Agency confirms a new variant of COVID-19 is being investigated New fund to support suicide prevention services The government has launched a £5 million fund to support the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise sector on suicide prevention services Government misses opportunity to protect patient care There is 'widespread disappointment and disbelief' after the Government disregards amendments to the Health and Care Bill, despite broad support from healthcare unions
RCN calls for delay to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for NHS staff The RCN has called on Health Secretary Sajid Javid to delay the implementation of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for NHS staff in England, as the service faces major staff shortages
New test to reliably predict spread of skin cancer A new test that reliably predicts the spread or return of the deadliest form of skin cancer has been developed by scientists working with the University of Newcastle
COVID-19: New campaign launched urging pregnant women to get boosted Pregnant women are being urged to get vaccinated and boosted in a new drive, after it was found that almost all pregnant women who were hospitalised or admitted to intensive care with COVID-19 were unvaccinated
Need for improvements to children’s diets after pandemic Families will be offered support to improve the diets of their children through a new initiative as the research reveals the number of parents giving unhealthy snacks to their children has increased during the pandemic
COVID-19: UK records more than 150,000 deaths The UK has become the seventh country to record over 150,000 deaths linked to the COVID-19 pandemic
FFP3 masks needed as sickness absence rates soar All healthcare workers must be provided with FFP3 masks when treating people with known or suspected COVID-19, the RCN has stated
COVID recovery in England jeopardised by staff shortages Plans to address the ‘catastrophic impact’ of the pandemic on patients waiting for NHS treatment in England could be derailed by a lack of staff, according to a Health and Social Care Committee report
Dementia cases expected to triple worldwide by 2050 By 2050, more than 153 million people could have dementia, up from 57 million in 2019, a study published in the Lancet Public Health has found
COVID-19: UK delivered 132 million vaccines in 2021 Around 132 million COVID-19 vaccinations were administered across all 4 nations of the UK in 2021, as part of the largest vaccination programme in British history
New campaign to encourage weight loss in 2022 A new initiative has been launched by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to help people reduce the risk of developing serious illness and being hospitalised with COVID-19
12,000 patients miss out on cardiac rehab because of COVID pandemic A new report has found that 12,400 fewer patients participated in cardiac rehabilitation programmes in 2020 than in 2019. 1 comment
Protecting the title of nurse There is increasing concern that the public’s trust could be abused by a small but vocal group referring to themselves as nurses to lend credibility to misinformation 3 comments
COVID-19 booster bookings open to every eligible adult Every eligible adult can book their booster jab from today as the NHS COVID-19 Vaccination programme seeks to protect the nation from the new Omicron strain of the virus.
RCN Trade Union Committee Chair and Vice Chair announced Graham Revie and Denise Kelly have been re-elected to the roles of committee Chair and Vice Chair of the RCN Trade Union Committee
Nurses sought for flagship Clinical Champions programme Leading men’s health charity, Prostate Cancer UK, is calling for nurses with an interest in the most common men’s cancer to join its flagship Clinical Champions programme
RCN welcomes new 'Plan B' measures to stop the spread of the Omicron variant RCN Chair of Council Carol Popplestone described them as ‘sensible measures’ which were ‘key to cutting the risk of increased hospitalisations and reducing transmission'
NHS England launches new recruitment drive The NHS is launching a drive to recruit 10,000 vaccination workers today on the anniversary of the first Pfizer jab being delivered
Largest ever increase in funding for drug treatment The Government's 10-year Drug Strategy aims to tackle drugs and prevent crime is to be backed by a record increase in funding for drug treatment
Nine out of ten RCN members willing to take action short of a strike The results of the RCN’s indicative ballots of members working on Agenda for Change contracts in England and Wales have been announced
UK marks one year since approving COVID-19 vaccine It has been one year since the UK became the first country to approve the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19
All adults to be offered COVID-19 boosters by end of January Almost 7 million extra over 40s are now eligible for booster programme in England as gap between doses is halved, in response to the new Omicron variant of the virus
Wes Streeting appointed Shadow Secretary for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting, MP for Ilford North since 2010, has been named as the new opposition spokesperson on health and social care
New COVID-19 variant under investigation New precautionary travel restrictions are being introduced as the UK Health Security Agency confirms a new variant of COVID-19 is being investigated
New fund to support suicide prevention services The government has launched a £5 million fund to support the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise sector on suicide prevention services
Government misses opportunity to protect patient care There is 'widespread disappointment and disbelief' after the Government disregards amendments to the Health and Care Bill, despite broad support from healthcare unions