NHS England launches sickle cell campaign A brand new initiative to boost public awareness of the genetic disorder which affects thousands across the UK has been launched by NHS England 1 comment RCN President and Deputy President elections now open Members can nominate themselves for these nursing representative roles, the RCN has announced Dame Lesley Regan appointed Women's Health Ambassador The Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Imperial College London St Mary’s Hospital Campus will work to drive system-level changes to close the gender health gap 1 comment Heat-health alert issued as temperatures soar The UK Health Security Agency has issued a heat-health alert as the Met Office forecasts high temperatures for the coming days Basic earnings for NHS nurses have fallen over past decade Between 2011 and 2021, NHS nurses’ average basic earnings fell by 5% in real terms after accounting for consumer price inflation, analysis by the Health Foundation has revealed High Street pharmacists to make cancer referrals Staff in high street pharmacies will be funded to spot signs of cancer as part of a new drive to catch tumours earlier, NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard has announced 1 comment Age of sale for tobacco products could rise Year on year rises in the age of sale for cigarettes and other tobacco products could be introduced, after an independent review commissioned by the Government recommended the measures RCN votes to lobby legislators to protect ‘nurse’ title An overwhelming majority of voting members at RCN Congress have given their support for protecting ‘nurse’ in law Postcode lottery of care will exacerbate Long Covid inequalities The UK government must invest in nurse-led services and research to support the growing number of long COVID sufferers struggling to access specialist care, the RCN has said Black and Asian nurses overlooked for promotion due to structural racism Racism is endemic in health and care with White nurses twice as likely to get promoted as Black and Asian staff, an RCN survey has found Violent incidents in general practice double in five years The number of incidents of violence in general practice has doubled in the last five years, with doctors blaming staff shortages and fake news about their being unwilling to see patients during the pandemic 1 comment Two million Britons now living with long COVID New figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) have estimated that a record two million people are now suffering from COVID-19 in the UK, with 400,000 reporting that it was adversely affecting their day-to-day life. NHS understaffed and underequipped to tackle cancer Three quarters of the UK public think the NHS is understaffed and underequipped to effectively manage cancer, a new poll carried out by YouGov for Cancer Research UK has revealed Number of confirmed monkeypox cases reaches 78 As of 24 May, the total number of monkeypox cases detected in the UK has reached 78, according to The UK Health Security Agency 1 comment 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
NHS England launches sickle cell campaign A brand new initiative to boost public awareness of the genetic disorder which affects thousands across the UK has been launched by NHS England 1 comment
RCN President and Deputy President elections now open Members can nominate themselves for these nursing representative roles, the RCN has announced
Dame Lesley Regan appointed Women's Health Ambassador The Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Imperial College London St Mary’s Hospital Campus will work to drive system-level changes to close the gender health gap 1 comment
Heat-health alert issued as temperatures soar The UK Health Security Agency has issued a heat-health alert as the Met Office forecasts high temperatures for the coming days
Basic earnings for NHS nurses have fallen over past decade Between 2011 and 2021, NHS nurses’ average basic earnings fell by 5% in real terms after accounting for consumer price inflation, analysis by the Health Foundation has revealed
High Street pharmacists to make cancer referrals Staff in high street pharmacies will be funded to spot signs of cancer as part of a new drive to catch tumours earlier, NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard has announced 1 comment
Age of sale for tobacco products could rise Year on year rises in the age of sale for cigarettes and other tobacco products could be introduced, after an independent review commissioned by the Government recommended the measures
RCN votes to lobby legislators to protect ‘nurse’ title An overwhelming majority of voting members at RCN Congress have given their support for protecting ‘nurse’ in law
Postcode lottery of care will exacerbate Long Covid inequalities The UK government must invest in nurse-led services and research to support the growing number of long COVID sufferers struggling to access specialist care, the RCN has said
Black and Asian nurses overlooked for promotion due to structural racism Racism is endemic in health and care with White nurses twice as likely to get promoted as Black and Asian staff, an RCN survey has found
Violent incidents in general practice double in five years The number of incidents of violence in general practice has doubled in the last five years, with doctors blaming staff shortages and fake news about their being unwilling to see patients during the pandemic 1 comment
Two million Britons now living with long COVID New figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) have estimated that a record two million people are now suffering from COVID-19 in the UK, with 400,000 reporting that it was adversely affecting their day-to-day life.
NHS understaffed and underequipped to tackle cancer Three quarters of the UK public think the NHS is understaffed and underequipped to effectively manage cancer, a new poll carried out by YouGov for Cancer Research UK has revealed
Number of confirmed monkeypox cases reaches 78 As of 24 May, the total number of monkeypox cases detected in the UK has reached 78, according to The UK Health Security Agency 1 comment
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