Nursing ‘short-changed’ by Spring statement Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring statement has given nurses little to celebrate, the RCN has said Maternity underfunding means care not based on women’s safety Some NHS trusts and boards are basing midwifery staffing levels on what they can afford, not women and baby’s needs, due to chronic underfunding, the Royal College of Midwives has said COVID-19 vaccine programme delivers first Spring boosters Just under 150,000 eligible patients booked their Spring boosters of coronavirus vaccine in the first 24 hours of availability, NHS England has said Soaring petrol prices could see patient care suffer The Chancellor must take ‘urgent’ action to prevent nurses being forced off the road by rising petrol prices, the RCN have said Ukrainian children brought to England for cancer treatment The NHS is providing care to 21 Ukrainian children who have been brought to England to escape the Russian invasion of the eastern European country Years of decline in NHS cancer and elective care The Department for Health and Social Care has ‘overseen years of decline in the NHS’s cancer and elective care waiting time performance,’ a report by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has stated Record high number of referrals for mental health Referrals for specialist NHS mental health care reached a record high in England by the end of 2021, data released by NHS Digital shows International Council of Nurses condemns ‘profoundly shocking’ Russian attack on children’s hospital Describing the attack as ‘profoundly shocking’, Dr Pamela Cipriano, ICN President said: ‘It is unacceptable that innocent people, including children and pregnant women, have been targeted in this war.' 1 comment Two-fifths of pancreatic cancer patients not prescribed recommended medication Around 40% of patients with pancreatic cancer are not being prescribed medicine described as ‘life-changing’, research by Pancreatic Cancer UK has found RCN demands pay rise of 5% above inflation The RCN has set out its UK pay position for 2022-23, warning ministers that they must rethink current pay plan or risk staff losses that erode safe care standards New campaign to promote advice on introducing babies to solid food A new initiative to improve the introduction of solid food into babies’ diets at six months has been launched by the Department of Health and Social Care Major drive launched to recruit NHS reservists to tackle COVID-19 backlog Thousands of new NHS ‘reservists’ will be recruited to support the health service as staff tackle COVID-19 backlogs, the head of the NHS Amanda Pritchard has announced 2 comments Patients to benefit from new lung cancer drug A targeted drug for lung cancer will be made available to anyone who is eligible, the NHS has announced Regulations making COVID-19 vaccination a condition of deployment to end The legal requirement for health and social care staff to be double jabbed will be removed from 15 March, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced Nursing graduates will be hit by proposed loan repayment changes Nursing graduates will be among those most affected by plans to lower the student loan repayment threshold, the RCN has said Government not serious about ending staff shortages The Department of Health and Social Care’s submission to the NHS Pay Review Body shows that it is unwilling to address the causes of the workforce crisis, the RCN has said New taskforce to boost maternity care A new initiative announced by the Department of Health and Social Care will explore inequalities in maternity care and identify how the government can improve outcomes for women from ethnic minority communities End to COVID-19 restrictions in England announced Plans to remove COVID-19 restrictions in England have been announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson 1 comment Calls to end migrant maternity charge over safety fears The Government must scrap punitive NHS charging of pregnant vulnerable migrant women, the Royal College of Midwives has said, over concerns that they are detrimental to safety Nursing staff must be protected as COVID-19 restrictions in England set to end New rules on isolation periods will place healthcare staff and patients at risk, the RCN has warned COVID-19 vaccine offered to five to 11-year-olds Children aged between five and 11 in England will be offered a low-dose COVID-19 vaccine, Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid has announced Calls for action to address ethnic inequalities in healthcare Vast inequalities across a range of health services exist in the UK, a new report by NHS Race and Health Observatory has found New campaign to encourage cervical screening uptake A new national campaign is calling on those eligible not to ignore their invite for a cervical screening, as data reveals nearly 1 in 3 do not take up the offer Primary Care Nursing Live speakers announced Speakers for the popular Primary Care Nursing Live show 2022, which will be streamed online, have been announced COVID-19: New travel rules come into force Fully vaccinated passengers no longer need to take a COVID-19 test when arriving in the UK, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced
Nursing ‘short-changed’ by Spring statement Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Spring statement has given nurses little to celebrate, the RCN has said
Maternity underfunding means care not based on women’s safety Some NHS trusts and boards are basing midwifery staffing levels on what they can afford, not women and baby’s needs, due to chronic underfunding, the Royal College of Midwives has said
COVID-19 vaccine programme delivers first Spring boosters Just under 150,000 eligible patients booked their Spring boosters of coronavirus vaccine in the first 24 hours of availability, NHS England has said
Soaring petrol prices could see patient care suffer The Chancellor must take ‘urgent’ action to prevent nurses being forced off the road by rising petrol prices, the RCN have said
Ukrainian children brought to England for cancer treatment The NHS is providing care to 21 Ukrainian children who have been brought to England to escape the Russian invasion of the eastern European country
Years of decline in NHS cancer and elective care The Department for Health and Social Care has ‘overseen years of decline in the NHS’s cancer and elective care waiting time performance,’ a report by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has stated
Record high number of referrals for mental health Referrals for specialist NHS mental health care reached a record high in England by the end of 2021, data released by NHS Digital shows
International Council of Nurses condemns ‘profoundly shocking’ Russian attack on children’s hospital Describing the attack as ‘profoundly shocking’, Dr Pamela Cipriano, ICN President said: ‘It is unacceptable that innocent people, including children and pregnant women, have been targeted in this war.' 1 comment
Two-fifths of pancreatic cancer patients not prescribed recommended medication Around 40% of patients with pancreatic cancer are not being prescribed medicine described as ‘life-changing’, research by Pancreatic Cancer UK has found
RCN demands pay rise of 5% above inflation The RCN has set out its UK pay position for 2022-23, warning ministers that they must rethink current pay plan or risk staff losses that erode safe care standards
New campaign to promote advice on introducing babies to solid food A new initiative to improve the introduction of solid food into babies’ diets at six months has been launched by the Department of Health and Social Care
Major drive launched to recruit NHS reservists to tackle COVID-19 backlog Thousands of new NHS ‘reservists’ will be recruited to support the health service as staff tackle COVID-19 backlogs, the head of the NHS Amanda Pritchard has announced 2 comments
Patients to benefit from new lung cancer drug A targeted drug for lung cancer will be made available to anyone who is eligible, the NHS has announced
Regulations making COVID-19 vaccination a condition of deployment to end The legal requirement for health and social care staff to be double jabbed will be removed from 15 March, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced
Nursing graduates will be hit by proposed loan repayment changes Nursing graduates will be among those most affected by plans to lower the student loan repayment threshold, the RCN has said
Government not serious about ending staff shortages The Department of Health and Social Care’s submission to the NHS Pay Review Body shows that it is unwilling to address the causes of the workforce crisis, the RCN has said
New taskforce to boost maternity care A new initiative announced by the Department of Health and Social Care will explore inequalities in maternity care and identify how the government can improve outcomes for women from ethnic minority communities
End to COVID-19 restrictions in England announced Plans to remove COVID-19 restrictions in England have been announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson 1 comment
Calls to end migrant maternity charge over safety fears The Government must scrap punitive NHS charging of pregnant vulnerable migrant women, the Royal College of Midwives has said, over concerns that they are detrimental to safety
Nursing staff must be protected as COVID-19 restrictions in England set to end New rules on isolation periods will place healthcare staff and patients at risk, the RCN has warned
COVID-19 vaccine offered to five to 11-year-olds Children aged between five and 11 in England will be offered a low-dose COVID-19 vaccine, Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid has announced
Calls for action to address ethnic inequalities in healthcare Vast inequalities across a range of health services exist in the UK, a new report by NHS Race and Health Observatory has found
New campaign to encourage cervical screening uptake A new national campaign is calling on those eligible not to ignore their invite for a cervical screening, as data reveals nearly 1 in 3 do not take up the offer
Primary Care Nursing Live speakers announced Speakers for the popular Primary Care Nursing Live show 2022, which will be streamed online, have been announced
COVID-19: New travel rules come into force Fully vaccinated passengers no longer need to take a COVID-19 test when arriving in the UK, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced