Coronavirus outbreak: community nurses still being failed by lack of PPE, says RCN The Royal College of Nursing has called upon the Government to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) for community-based nursing staff as deaths from COVID-19 rise again 1 comment New blood test could detect more than 50 types of cancer A blood test for cancer is successful in detecting more than 50 types of cancer, according to new research. The test accurately found cancer in over 99% of cases, when tested on over 4000 participants Coronavirus: Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive Boris Johnson has tested positive for COVID-19, the Prime Minister has announced Nearly 10,000 more nurses compared to last year The number of nurses in the NHS has increased by 9398 and the number of doctors has risen by 5188 compared to this time last year, figures published by NHS England show 1 comment Coronavirus: Boost as ‘millions’ of protective items delivered Millions more items of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline staff have been delivered to NHS services across the country in the last few days as part of the fight against coronavirus, NHS England has announced 1 comment Coronavirus: £20 million invested into COVID-19 research Trials for a new coronavirus vaccine are among six projects to receive a share of a £20 million investment from the Government, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced Coronavirus: Personal protection equipment vital for nurses The Prime Minister must intervene to ensure that nurses treating patients with COVID-19 have sufficient protective equipment, the RCN has warned Gambling: a threat to public health? Alex Turnbull looks at efforts to tackle the mounting health challenge presented by gambling Coronavirus: Former nurses urged to return to practice ‘to tackle greatest global health threat in history’ More than 65,000 former nurses and doctors are being asked to rejoin the NHS, as a new recruitment drive to support the fight against coronavirus begins Nearly £3 billion investment into strengthening care for vulnerable patients The Government will invest £2.9 billion to help patients who no longer need urgent hospital treatment to return home, with the goal of making at least 15,000 beds available during the coronavirus outbreak Coronavirus: Emergency measures to strengthen response published New laws to protect public health, increase NHS capacity, and strengthen social care , have been introduced by the Government, as part of efforts to combat COVID-19 Pregnant women ‘should keep antenatal appointments’ despite COVID-19 Pregnant women should attend antenatal appointments as normal despite warnings that they should be shielded from coronavirus, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health have said in a joint statement BAME communities’ ‘unequal mental health care’ Black and minority ethnic (BAME) communities are at comparatively higher risk of mental ill health, and disproportionately impacted by social detriments associated with mental illness, a report by the Race and Equality Foundation has found Health Education England to invest up to £10m in nursing placements A fund of £10m will be invested in clinical placement programmes to support new undergraduate nurses have been announced by Health Education England to boost nursing workforce numbers Coronavirus: UK moves to delay phase of action, as cases rise dramatically The Government has announced that the UK are moving out of the contain phase and into delay, in response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak Coronavirus: Largest single day increase in UK so far The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has risen to 456 as of 11 March, the largest single day rise since the virus was reported in the UK NHS to combat ‘fake news’ around coronavirus online Measures to combat the spread of misinformation around the COVID-19 pandemic have been announced by NHS England Coronavirus: New plans announced as UK sees increase in cases Further measures to combat spread of COVID-19 have been outlined by the Department of Health and Social Care, as cases in the UK continue to rise Coronavirus: Week’s roundup As of 6 March, there have been 163 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the UK ‘False fears’ preventing smokers from using e-cigarettes to quit Over half of smokers believe nicotine vaping products are equally or more harmful than smoking despite US vaping deaths being caused by substances banned in UK, according to a new report by Public Health England Coronavirus: COVID-19 added to list of notifiable diseases General practice staff must notify Public Health England if they are presented with a case of COVID-19, under new rules RCM calls upon NHS to respect the right to pain relief during childbirth The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has called upon the NHS to make sure pain relief is available to ‘every woman who wants it, provided it is safe to do so’ Coronavirus: Government sets out plans to contain spread Almost 20% of the UK population could be off work sick during the peak of the coronavirus outbreak in a worst case scenario, the Government have said as part of their response Coronavirus: New guidance published for staff Guidance to support staff in managing COVID-19 has been produced by the RCN, RCM and other trade unions Spike in depression ‘linked to Universal Credit’ A rise in mental-health problems among the unemployed has been linked with the rollout of universal credit and other government welfare changes, in a study published by Lancet Public Health
Coronavirus outbreak: community nurses still being failed by lack of PPE, says RCN The Royal College of Nursing has called upon the Government to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) for community-based nursing staff as deaths from COVID-19 rise again 1 comment
New blood test could detect more than 50 types of cancer A blood test for cancer is successful in detecting more than 50 types of cancer, according to new research. The test accurately found cancer in over 99% of cases, when tested on over 4000 participants
Coronavirus: Prime Minister Boris Johnson tests positive Boris Johnson has tested positive for COVID-19, the Prime Minister has announced
Nearly 10,000 more nurses compared to last year The number of nurses in the NHS has increased by 9398 and the number of doctors has risen by 5188 compared to this time last year, figures published by NHS England show 1 comment
Coronavirus: Boost as ‘millions’ of protective items delivered Millions more items of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline staff have been delivered to NHS services across the country in the last few days as part of the fight against coronavirus, NHS England has announced 1 comment
Coronavirus: £20 million invested into COVID-19 research Trials for a new coronavirus vaccine are among six projects to receive a share of a £20 million investment from the Government, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced
Coronavirus: Personal protection equipment vital for nurses The Prime Minister must intervene to ensure that nurses treating patients with COVID-19 have sufficient protective equipment, the RCN has warned
Gambling: a threat to public health? Alex Turnbull looks at efforts to tackle the mounting health challenge presented by gambling
Coronavirus: Former nurses urged to return to practice ‘to tackle greatest global health threat in history’ More than 65,000 former nurses and doctors are being asked to rejoin the NHS, as a new recruitment drive to support the fight against coronavirus begins
Nearly £3 billion investment into strengthening care for vulnerable patients The Government will invest £2.9 billion to help patients who no longer need urgent hospital treatment to return home, with the goal of making at least 15,000 beds available during the coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus: Emergency measures to strengthen response published New laws to protect public health, increase NHS capacity, and strengthen social care , have been introduced by the Government, as part of efforts to combat COVID-19
Pregnant women ‘should keep antenatal appointments’ despite COVID-19 Pregnant women should attend antenatal appointments as normal despite warnings that they should be shielded from coronavirus, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health have said in a joint statement
BAME communities’ ‘unequal mental health care’ Black and minority ethnic (BAME) communities are at comparatively higher risk of mental ill health, and disproportionately impacted by social detriments associated with mental illness, a report by the Race and Equality Foundation has found
Health Education England to invest up to £10m in nursing placements A fund of £10m will be invested in clinical placement programmes to support new undergraduate nurses have been announced by Health Education England to boost nursing workforce numbers
Coronavirus: UK moves to delay phase of action, as cases rise dramatically The Government has announced that the UK are moving out of the contain phase and into delay, in response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus: Largest single day increase in UK so far The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has risen to 456 as of 11 March, the largest single day rise since the virus was reported in the UK
NHS to combat ‘fake news’ around coronavirus online Measures to combat the spread of misinformation around the COVID-19 pandemic have been announced by NHS England
Coronavirus: New plans announced as UK sees increase in cases Further measures to combat spread of COVID-19 have been outlined by the Department of Health and Social Care, as cases in the UK continue to rise
‘False fears’ preventing smokers from using e-cigarettes to quit Over half of smokers believe nicotine vaping products are equally or more harmful than smoking despite US vaping deaths being caused by substances banned in UK, according to a new report by Public Health England
Coronavirus: COVID-19 added to list of notifiable diseases General practice staff must notify Public Health England if they are presented with a case of COVID-19, under new rules
RCM calls upon NHS to respect the right to pain relief during childbirth The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has called upon the NHS to make sure pain relief is available to ‘every woman who wants it, provided it is safe to do so’
Coronavirus: Government sets out plans to contain spread Almost 20% of the UK population could be off work sick during the peak of the coronavirus outbreak in a worst case scenario, the Government have said as part of their response
Coronavirus: New guidance published for staff Guidance to support staff in managing COVID-19 has been produced by the RCN, RCM and other trade unions
Spike in depression ‘linked to Universal Credit’ A rise in mental-health problems among the unemployed has been linked with the rollout of universal credit and other government welfare changes, in a study published by Lancet Public Health
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