12,000 patients miss out on cardiac rehab because of COVID pandemic A new report has found that 12,400 fewer patients participated in cardiac rehabilitation programmes in 2020 than in 2019. 1 comment Protecting the title of nurse There is increasing concern that the public’s trust could be abused by a small but vocal group referring to themselves as nurses to lend credibility to misinformation 3 comments COVID-19 booster bookings open to every eligible adult Every eligible adult can book their booster jab from today as the NHS COVID-19 Vaccination programme seeks to protect the nation from the new Omicron strain of the virus. RCN Trade Union Committee Chair and Vice Chair announced Graham Revie and Denise Kelly have been re-elected to the roles of committee Chair and Vice Chair of the RCN Trade Union Committee Nurses sought for flagship Clinical Champions programme Leading men’s health charity, Prostate Cancer UK, is calling for nurses with an interest in the most common men’s cancer to join its flagship Clinical Champions programme RCN welcomes new 'Plan B' measures to stop the spread of the Omicron variant RCN Chair of Council Carol Popplestone described them as ‘sensible measures’ which were ‘key to cutting the risk of increased hospitalisations and reducing transmission' NHS England launches new recruitment drive The NHS is launching a drive to recruit 10,000 vaccination workers today on the anniversary of the first Pfizer jab being delivered Largest ever increase in funding for drug treatment The Government's 10-year Drug Strategy aims to tackle drugs and prevent crime is to be backed by a record increase in funding for drug treatment Nine out of ten RCN members willing to take action short of a strike The results of the RCN’s indicative ballots of members working on Agenda for Change contracts in England and Wales have been announced UK marks one year since approving COVID-19 vaccine It has been one year since the UK became the first country to approve the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 All adults to be offered COVID-19 boosters by end of January Almost 7 million extra over 40s are now eligible for booster programme in England as gap between doses is halved, in response to the new Omicron variant of the virus Wes Streeting appointed Shadow Secretary for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting, MP for Ilford North since 2010, has been named as the new opposition spokesperson on health and social care New COVID-19 variant under investigation New precautionary travel restrictions are being introduced as the UK Health Security Agency confirms a new variant of COVID-19 is being investigated New fund to support suicide prevention services The government has launched a £5 million fund to support the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise sector on suicide prevention services Government misses opportunity to protect patient care There is 'widespread disappointment and disbelief' after the Government disregards amendments to the Health and Care Bill, despite broad support from healthcare unions Major reforms to NHS workforce planning announced Recruitment, training and retention of staff, and digital transformation will be central to NHS under new reforms announced by the Department of Health and Social Care British Journal of Community Nursing launches new website The new site brings together three years’ worth of content from the journal on care of the older person, long-term conditions and frailty/dementia as well as the latest professional issues Prostate cancer care after the COVID pandemic How has COVID-19 affected treatment for the most common cancer in men Antibiotic resistance could be a 'hidden pandemic', warn health officials New data shows that bloodstream infections dropped in 2020 for the first time since 2016 but remain at a higher level than 6 years ago, raising concerns of a potential pandemic COVID-19 booster programme extended The COVID-19 booster programme will be extended to people aged 40 and over, and the NHS will offer a second dose to people aged 16 to 17, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced Practice Nursing launches new website Leading nursing publication Practice Nursing has launched a brand new website Black women four times more likely to die in childbirth Black women are more than four times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than white women in the UK, a new report has found Not just skin deep - the mental health impact of dry skin conditions Every year one in four people consult a healthcare professional for a skin-related problem COVID-19 vaccination to be mandatory for all frontline health care workers Health and social care providers in England will be required to ensure workers are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Government has announced British Journal of Nursing’s new website goes live Leading nursing publication the British Journal of Nursing has launched a brand new website
12,000 patients miss out on cardiac rehab because of COVID pandemic A new report has found that 12,400 fewer patients participated in cardiac rehabilitation programmes in 2020 than in 2019. 1 comment
Protecting the title of nurse There is increasing concern that the public’s trust could be abused by a small but vocal group referring to themselves as nurses to lend credibility to misinformation 3 comments
COVID-19 booster bookings open to every eligible adult Every eligible adult can book their booster jab from today as the NHS COVID-19 Vaccination programme seeks to protect the nation from the new Omicron strain of the virus.
RCN Trade Union Committee Chair and Vice Chair announced Graham Revie and Denise Kelly have been re-elected to the roles of committee Chair and Vice Chair of the RCN Trade Union Committee
Nurses sought for flagship Clinical Champions programme Leading men’s health charity, Prostate Cancer UK, is calling for nurses with an interest in the most common men’s cancer to join its flagship Clinical Champions programme
RCN welcomes new 'Plan B' measures to stop the spread of the Omicron variant RCN Chair of Council Carol Popplestone described them as ‘sensible measures’ which were ‘key to cutting the risk of increased hospitalisations and reducing transmission'
NHS England launches new recruitment drive The NHS is launching a drive to recruit 10,000 vaccination workers today on the anniversary of the first Pfizer jab being delivered
Largest ever increase in funding for drug treatment The Government's 10-year Drug Strategy aims to tackle drugs and prevent crime is to be backed by a record increase in funding for drug treatment
Nine out of ten RCN members willing to take action short of a strike The results of the RCN’s indicative ballots of members working on Agenda for Change contracts in England and Wales have been announced
UK marks one year since approving COVID-19 vaccine It has been one year since the UK became the first country to approve the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19
All adults to be offered COVID-19 boosters by end of January Almost 7 million extra over 40s are now eligible for booster programme in England as gap between doses is halved, in response to the new Omicron variant of the virus
Wes Streeting appointed Shadow Secretary for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting, MP for Ilford North since 2010, has been named as the new opposition spokesperson on health and social care
New COVID-19 variant under investigation New precautionary travel restrictions are being introduced as the UK Health Security Agency confirms a new variant of COVID-19 is being investigated
New fund to support suicide prevention services The government has launched a £5 million fund to support the Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise sector on suicide prevention services
Government misses opportunity to protect patient care There is 'widespread disappointment and disbelief' after the Government disregards amendments to the Health and Care Bill, despite broad support from healthcare unions
Major reforms to NHS workforce planning announced Recruitment, training and retention of staff, and digital transformation will be central to NHS under new reforms announced by the Department of Health and Social Care
British Journal of Community Nursing launches new website The new site brings together three years’ worth of content from the journal on care of the older person, long-term conditions and frailty/dementia as well as the latest professional issues
Prostate cancer care after the COVID pandemic How has COVID-19 affected treatment for the most common cancer in men
Antibiotic resistance could be a 'hidden pandemic', warn health officials New data shows that bloodstream infections dropped in 2020 for the first time since 2016 but remain at a higher level than 6 years ago, raising concerns of a potential pandemic
COVID-19 booster programme extended The COVID-19 booster programme will be extended to people aged 40 and over, and the NHS will offer a second dose to people aged 16 to 17, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced
Practice Nursing launches new website Leading nursing publication Practice Nursing has launched a brand new website
Black women four times more likely to die in childbirth Black women are more than four times more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than white women in the UK, a new report has found
Not just skin deep - the mental health impact of dry skin conditions Every year one in four people consult a healthcare professional for a skin-related problem
COVID-19 vaccination to be mandatory for all frontline health care workers Health and social care providers in England will be required to ensure workers are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Government has announced
British Journal of Nursing’s new website goes live Leading nursing publication the British Journal of Nursing has launched a brand new website