New plan to improve access to General Practice A new plan will provide additional funding to increase the proportion of face-to-face appointments, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced 1 comment Nurse title must be protected, says Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth, the shadow health secretary, has joined calls to protect the title of nurse, speaking at the QNI Conference Nursing workforce too chronically under-resourced to deal with pandemic The UK’s response to COVID-19 was ‘one of the worst public health failures in the country’s history’ and led to an avoidably high death toll, a report from a cross-party group of MPs has found Pregnant women encouraged to get COVID-19 vaccine The NHS is encouraging pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccine as new data shows that nearly 20% of the most critically ill COVID patients are pregnant women who have not been vaccinated Flu vaccines crucial as winter approaches Those eligible for the free flu vaccine and COVID-19 booster jab are being urged to book their appointments as soon as possible as part of a new campaign from the Department of Health and Social Care RCN members to consider industrial action over pay Members of the RCN are to be asked whether they would be willing to take industrial action in an indicative ballot launching soon, the union has announced Life-changing sickle cell treatment to be rolled out The first new treatment for sickle cell disease in over 20 years is set to be rolled out to thousands of patients, NHS England has announced New campaign to improve public mental health post-pandemic Every Mind Matters, an initiative to improve mental wellbeing after the COVID-19 pandemic, has been launched by the new Office for Health Improvement and Disparities 1 comment RCN initiative to keep nurses healthy this winter The RCN is encouraging members to prioritise their own physical and mental health this winter New CPD skin care webinar for nurses A free CPD accredited webinar will help you understand more about managing dry skin conditions in older patients and the role of emollients COVID-19 vaccination: what's next What does the future hold for the vaccine rollout? One in six children suffers from a mental health disorder, as effects of the pandemic bite One in six children in the UK now have a probable mental disorder, according to a new survey for NHS Digital. Mental Health of Children and Young People in England 2021 shows the figure represents a significant increase from 2017 when it was one in nine Patients may suffer from long flu People who have contracted influenza can suffer long-term symptoms in a similar way to long COVID-19, a study suggests Fuel shortage impacts nurses and provision of care The recent fuel shortage in the UK has compromised care for patients, the RCN have said Cancer backlog may take a decade to clear It could take more than a decade to clear the cancer-treatment backlog in England, a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research New NHS clinical leadership to support post-COVID challenges Clinicians from across the health service have been appointed to new national clinical roles to help lead action on post-COVID challenges facing patients and staff NHS rolls out COVID-19 jab to children aged 12 to 15 The COVID-19 vaccine will be offered to young people aged over 12, NHS England has announced Government pledges to reduce overprescribing of medicines Action to prevent medicines being prescribed unnecessarily will be taken by the Government, following a review led by the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England. Vaccine deadline could decimate care sector Unions have warned that the mandatory vaccine deadline for care workers could prove catastrophic for the sector Long Covid less prevalent than thought One in 40 people with coronavirus has symptoms lasting at least three months, Office for National Statistics figures suggest Nine in 10 RCN members say pay offer is unacceptable The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is urging the UK and Welsh governments to ‘do the right thing’ by reconsidering the 3% pay award for NHS staff 1 comment Most vulnerable to be offered COVID-19 booster vaccines Millions of vulnerable people are to be offered a COVID-19 booster vaccine from next week, under the Government’s winter plans to combat the coronavirus pandemic All nursing staff should have any vaccine deemed necessary The Government is seeking views on plans for staff in health and care settings in England to be required to have COVID-19 and flu vaccines to protect vulnerable people 2 comments Four in five people aged 16 and over vaccinated with both doses More than 80% of people aged 16 and over in the UK have received 2 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced Charity appeals for nurses and midwives to do 10k Their Way to help colleagues The Cavell Trust has issued its annual call for nurses to support colleagues in need, by taking part in the 10k Their Way campaign.
New plan to improve access to General Practice A new plan will provide additional funding to increase the proportion of face-to-face appointments, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced 1 comment
Nurse title must be protected, says Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth, the shadow health secretary, has joined calls to protect the title of nurse, speaking at the QNI Conference
Nursing workforce too chronically under-resourced to deal with pandemic The UK’s response to COVID-19 was ‘one of the worst public health failures in the country’s history’ and led to an avoidably high death toll, a report from a cross-party group of MPs has found
Pregnant women encouraged to get COVID-19 vaccine The NHS is encouraging pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccine as new data shows that nearly 20% of the most critically ill COVID patients are pregnant women who have not been vaccinated
Flu vaccines crucial as winter approaches Those eligible for the free flu vaccine and COVID-19 booster jab are being urged to book their appointments as soon as possible as part of a new campaign from the Department of Health and Social Care
RCN members to consider industrial action over pay Members of the RCN are to be asked whether they would be willing to take industrial action in an indicative ballot launching soon, the union has announced
Life-changing sickle cell treatment to be rolled out The first new treatment for sickle cell disease in over 20 years is set to be rolled out to thousands of patients, NHS England has announced
New campaign to improve public mental health post-pandemic Every Mind Matters, an initiative to improve mental wellbeing after the COVID-19 pandemic, has been launched by the new Office for Health Improvement and Disparities 1 comment
RCN initiative to keep nurses healthy this winter The RCN is encouraging members to prioritise their own physical and mental health this winter
New CPD skin care webinar for nurses A free CPD accredited webinar will help you understand more about managing dry skin conditions in older patients and the role of emollients
One in six children suffers from a mental health disorder, as effects of the pandemic bite One in six children in the UK now have a probable mental disorder, according to a new survey for NHS Digital. Mental Health of Children and Young People in England 2021 shows the figure represents a significant increase from 2017 when it was one in nine
Patients may suffer from long flu People who have contracted influenza can suffer long-term symptoms in a similar way to long COVID-19, a study suggests
Fuel shortage impacts nurses and provision of care The recent fuel shortage in the UK has compromised care for patients, the RCN have said
Cancer backlog may take a decade to clear It could take more than a decade to clear the cancer-treatment backlog in England, a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research
New NHS clinical leadership to support post-COVID challenges Clinicians from across the health service have been appointed to new national clinical roles to help lead action on post-COVID challenges facing patients and staff
NHS rolls out COVID-19 jab to children aged 12 to 15 The COVID-19 vaccine will be offered to young people aged over 12, NHS England has announced
Government pledges to reduce overprescribing of medicines Action to prevent medicines being prescribed unnecessarily will be taken by the Government, following a review led by the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England.
Vaccine deadline could decimate care sector Unions have warned that the mandatory vaccine deadline for care workers could prove catastrophic for the sector
Long Covid less prevalent than thought One in 40 people with coronavirus has symptoms lasting at least three months, Office for National Statistics figures suggest
Nine in 10 RCN members say pay offer is unacceptable The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is urging the UK and Welsh governments to ‘do the right thing’ by reconsidering the 3% pay award for NHS staff 1 comment
Most vulnerable to be offered COVID-19 booster vaccines Millions of vulnerable people are to be offered a COVID-19 booster vaccine from next week, under the Government’s winter plans to combat the coronavirus pandemic
All nursing staff should have any vaccine deemed necessary The Government is seeking views on plans for staff in health and care settings in England to be required to have COVID-19 and flu vaccines to protect vulnerable people 2 comments
Four in five people aged 16 and over vaccinated with both doses More than 80% of people aged 16 and over in the UK have received 2 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced
Charity appeals for nurses and midwives to do 10k Their Way to help colleagues The Cavell Trust has issued its annual call for nurses to support colleagues in need, by taking part in the 10k Their Way campaign.