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Coronavirus: Learning to live with the enemy

Mark Greener looks at why the coronavirus pandemic may prove to be longer lived than previously expected

Coronavirus: local authorities receive funding to support Test and Trace

Local authorities across England have been allocated a share of £300 million to support the new Test and Trace service to combat the spread of COVID-19.

Coronavirus: economic deprivation linked to increased risk of death

‘COVID-19 is not a great leveller - the pandemic is having an unequal impact on our already unequal society. Today’s data show that people living in the most deprived areas of England are more than twice as likely to die as a result of COVID-19 than those in the least deprived,’ said Dr Jennifer Dixon, Chief Executive at the Health Foundation.

New study launched to monitor prevalence of COVID-19 in schools

A new voluntary coronavirus (COVID-19) study will assess and monitor the prevalence of the disease among pre-school, primary and secondary school pupils and teachers, Public Health England has announced

‘Greater clarity needed’ on plans to scrap Immigration Health Surcharge

Confirmation that all international health and care staff, and their spouses and dependants, will no longer need to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge is being sought by the RCN and other healthcare unions

RCN urges greater take-up of childhood immunisations in the wake of COVID-19

The Royal College of Nursing is encouraging the maintenance of childhood immunisation programmes, in light of research showing that the number MMR vaccinations has fallen this year

Scottish pandemic exercise revealed health services were not prepared for coronavirus

A simulation of a coronavirus outbreak in Scotland in 2018 revealed a ‘clear gap’ in readiness to deal with a pandemic. A Freedom of Information request from the BBC found that ‘Exercise Iris’ highlighted ‘unease’ among staff about the availability of PPE

RCN calls for action on ‘preventable deaths’ of BAME nurses

RCN chief executive Dame Donna Kinnair has called for employers across the NHS to take ‘swift and comprehensive’ action to protect BAME staff

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Voluntary standards published for new general practice nurses

The QNI said the new standards had been designed to provide ‘a contemporary and structured overview of expected best practice, standards and guidance for nurses at the beginning of the general practice nursing career pathway’

Government must refund nursing degree tuition fees after pandemic, says RCN

The Royal College of Nursing has repeated its call for the Government to review funding for nursing students in England. The College believes the demand has been given a new impetus by the vital work of nursing students in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic

RCN calls for urgent action to provide adequate protective equipment for BAME nursing staff

The RCN surveyed over 5000 nurses and found that BAME nursing staff reported more problems with personal protective equipment (PPE) than their colleagues

New drug for COVID patients is the ‘biggest step forward’ says Health Secretary

A drug which is said to cut the recovery time of patients with COVID-19 is to be made available in limited quantities on the NHS, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced

Government u-turns on charging migrant healthcare workers to use the NHS

The Government has announced that it will scrap the Immigration Health Surcharge for health and care staff from outside the EU, only 24 hours after Prime Minister Boris Johnson said it should be kept in place, as the NHS 'needed the funding'.

Trial for new 20-minute COVID-19 swab test launched

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that a new swab test for COVID-19 that provides results in 20 minutes is being trialled

Prime Minister rules out scrapping Immigration Health Surcharge

At Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, Mr Johnson said the NHS ‘needs funding and those contributions actually help us to raise about £900m.’

Primary care networks – the key to a more co-operative NHS?

Primary care networks (PCNs) form a key building block of the NHS long-term plan and bring general practices together to work at scale

A quarter of COVID deaths have been people with diabetes says NHS England

The latest figures from NHS England have revealed that approximately 26% of people who have died of COVID-19 in England had diabetes. As a result, Diabetes UK is calling for support for those with the condition and research into why this population is greatly affected by COVID-19

New end-of-life guidelines will provide ‘care, comfort and relief’ to the frail

?The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has published a new set of guidelines on end-of-life care to help health care professionals provide high quality, patient-centred care to frail older people

RCN and QNI welcome call for more nurses as ‘coronavirus legacy’

?Nursing leaders have welcomed a call by NHS England for universities to increase places for nurses, and give people interested in the profession more opportunities to sign up, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

Tributes paid by politicians and nursing leaders on International Nurses Day

Politicians and nursing leaders have paid tribute to the work of nurses on International Nurses Day, with especial gratitude being shown this year for their vital role within the NHS

Government support for social care needs ‘immediate and long-term attention’, says NHS Confederation

‘This is a reset moment for how public services are delivered, which we cannot afford to waste’, the NHS Confederation has said, adding that the support that the government provides to the social care sector needs both ‘immediate and long-term attention’.

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