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Government struggling to tackle rising childhood obesity

The Department of Health and Social Care’s programme to combat childhood obesity may be unable to reduce rising rates due to multiple reorganisations and strategy changes, a report by the National Audit Office has suggested

New Chair and Vice Chair of RCN Council announced

Dave Dawes and Carol Popplestone have been elected to the leadership roles of the RCN’s Council

Sexual health: Gonorrhoea cases rise by over a quarter

The public is being urged to practise safe sex, as a Public Health England report finds that cases of gonorrhoea rose by 26% in 2019

Thousands to benefit from ‘soups and shakes diet’ on the NHS

Over 5000 people with type 2 diabetes will be prescribed new diet plans to combat the condition, NHS England has announced.

COVID-19: New measures to support safe vaccines announced

A range of plans to ensure the safe future mass rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine have been announced by the government

Health Secretary draws ire of practice nurses over flu jab remarks

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been slammed by practice nurses as 'poorly informed', after appearing to suggest he was about to pass legislation to allow them to administer flu jabs

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The environmental consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic

Linda Nazarko explains the long-term, post-pandemic cost of single-use face coverings

Telehealth in the time of COVID

Will the COVID-19 pandemic usher in a new era of technology in primary care?

Obese patients ‘50 % more likely to die of COVID-19’

The study also found that patients with a BMI greater than 30 have a 113% greater risk of being admitted to hospital with COVID-19, and a 74% greater chance of being admitted to intensive care

Africa declared free from wild polio

It was hailed by World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as ‘one of the greatest achievements in public health history’, which would ‘leave behind a legacy in how to tackle diseases and reach the poorest and most marginalised communities with lifesaving services’.

Formation of National Institute for Health Protection announced

Public Health England and NHS Test and Trace will be unified to establish a new organisation focused on public health protection and infectious disease capability, the Government has announced

Boost to national testing study will ‘offer new COVID-19 insights’

The Office for National Statistics will significantly expand its infection survey to 400,000 people in England, making it the country’s largest study tracking COVID-19 in the general population

Mental health services face ‘rising tide’ in demand due to coronavirus

People requiring support for their mental health are at risk of not getting the care they need and their conditions deteriorating due to increased demand brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, a report by the NHS Confederation has found

Coronavirus: UK orders 90 million virus vaccine doses

The UK government has signed deals for a further 90 million doses of coronavirus vaccine

Breast screening women in their 40s could save lives

Screening women for breast cancer from their 40s rather than their 50s could save lives without adding to the diagnosis of harmless cancers, a study published in the Lancet Oncology has suggested

Chief nurse issues rallying call to ‘COVID generation’

Ruth May, chief nursing officer for England, has urged those receiving their A-Level results tomorrow to join the thousands of their peers who have already applied to study nursing this year

Nursing degree apprenticeship plan ‘does not go far enough’

While funding to increase apprenticeships to 2000 per year is welcome, the Government must do more to achieve the 50,000 new nursing staff promised by the Prime Minister, the Royal College of Nursing has said

COVID-19: Virus continues to decline

The UK’s largest testing programme for coronavirus has shown that the virus continued to decline in June

First online RCN Annual General Meeting held

The first online Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the RCN was held on 6 August, with almost 800 members discussing key issues affecting the nursing workforce

Roll-out of two new tests for COVID-19 ahead of winter

Millions of new rapid coronavirus tests will be rolled out across NHS hospitals, care homes and labs in preparation for the coming winter

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Recruitment drive to tackle loneliness and improve lives

The NHS is recruiting social prescribing link workers to combat loneliness and isolation fuelled by coronavirus

Health and care workers to self-isolate on return to UK from high-risk countries

Registered health and care professionals travelling to the UK from high-risk countries will be required to self-isolate for 14 days, the government has announced

‘Devastating impact’ of pandemic on social care

The government has ‘acted too slowly and did not do enough to support social care users and staff’, according to new analysis from the Health Foundation

Public backs early pay rise for nurses

Two in five people in the UK back an immediate pay rise for NHS staff, while over two thirds are supportive of a pay rise happening this calendar year, a new poll has found

New obesity strategy unveiled to tackle coronavirus

A new package of measures and a 'Better Health' campaign have been announced to help people lose weight amid the COVID-19 pandemic