‘Excellent progress’ in reducing antibiotic prescriptions in primary care A report by Public Health England has found that primary care has made more significant contributions to reduce the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in the UK than secondary care District nurse audit reveals England and Scotland are falling behind in student enrolment The Queen’s Nursing Institute has released its sixth annual audit of District Nurse education in the UK, which reveals a significant increase in student numbers in Wales and Northern Ireland, but not England or Scotland Climate change: Switching inhalers could lead to ‘major’ carbon footprint and financial savings Changing patients’ inhalers to cheaper brands that contain fewer greenhouse gases could lead to huge financial savings and a reduction in the UK’s carbon footprint, according to research recently published in the British Medical Journal Confirmed cases of tick-borne encephalitis virus in UK Public Health England has now confirmed the presence of an infection in the UK that is spread by ticks and is more commonly found in Europe and Asia Vaccination: decline in pre-school rates There has been a fall in uptake of nearly all pre-school vaccinations, such as Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccination (MMR) since 2012-13, a report by the National Audit Office has found 1 comment New cystic fibrosis drug approved for UK use Orkambi, a drug that improves lung function in cystic fibrosis patients, could improve the lives of almost 4000 people in England Tens of thousands given life changing diabetes monitors Nearly 30,000 people across the country with Type 1 diabetes have received life-changing diabetes monitors as part of the NHS Long Term Plan Sexual orientation monitoring is ‘an important commitment’ for the NHS A report by the Women and Equalities Committee has recommended the introduction of compulsory monitoring of sexual orientation and gender identity across the UK Public Health Wales issues advice after rise in mumps cases in Cardiff There has been a surge of suspected mumps cases in Cardiff, with Public Health Wales reporting 28 suspected cases ‘Nurses have been behind some of the greatest innovations in care’ Alex Turnbull discusses nursing, public health, and Brexit with the new RCN chief executive Alcohol: First clinical treatment guidelines in development Clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment are being developed by Public Health England for the first time Flavoured e-cigarettes should be banned, says outgoing medical chief Banning flavoured e-cigarettes would help to discourage children and teenagers from taking up smoking, according to Dame Sally Davies, the outgoing Chief Medical Officer 1 comment Queen’s Speech outlines policies to ‘strengthen’ the NHS The Queen’s speech addressed the government’s plans for the NHS and for ‘enabling it to deliver the highest quality care’ New NHS service to provide mental health support for the homeless The NHS is rolling out a new service aimed at ensuring that those who are sleeping rough have access to mental health support and care RCN pledges support to NHS plan to improve care for young people with mental health needs The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has welcomed the launch of a new NHS taskforce to deal with the ‘unacceptable situation’ in care for young people with mental health issues, learning disabilities and autism. RCN welcomes new report on childhood obesity The RCN has said that the suggestions for tackling childhood obesity from Dame Sally Davies’ (outgoing Chief Medical Officer) report ‘could help make future generations healthier and happier’ Northern Ireland: Nurses to be balloted on strike action Nurses are being asked by the RCN if they are willing to take industrial action over the staffing and pay crisis for nurses in Northern Ireland Mental health: new support platform launched A new platform, Every Mind Matters, aiming to provide simple steps to improve mental health has been launched by Public Health England and NHS England QNI: The oldest nursing charity in the world Guinness World Records has confirmed that the Queen’s Nursing Institute is the world’s oldest nursing charity Flu: Record numbers offered vaccine Around 25 million people in England will be offered free NHS flu jab this winter, Public Health England has announced The climate crisis: RCN pledges to ‘take action’ The Royal College of Nursing has said it will ‘ensure that Government plays its part’ in dealing with the issue of climate change Increasing childhood obesity ‘will overwhelm’ health services Over 250 million children in the world will be living with obesity by 2030 according to the first Atlas of Childhood Obesity Heart attack gender gap ‘costing women's lives’ Inequalities in awareness, diagnosis and treatment of heart attacks are leading to women needlessly dying every day in the UK, according to a new report by the British Heart Foundation Results of Royal College of Nursing Council Election announced The results of the election to the governing council of the RCN have been announced Increased funding for cancer screening New funding will be used to replace MRI machines, CT scanners and breast screening equipment, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced
‘Excellent progress’ in reducing antibiotic prescriptions in primary care A report by Public Health England has found that primary care has made more significant contributions to reduce the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in the UK than secondary care
District nurse audit reveals England and Scotland are falling behind in student enrolment The Queen’s Nursing Institute has released its sixth annual audit of District Nurse education in the UK, which reveals a significant increase in student numbers in Wales and Northern Ireland, but not England or Scotland
Climate change: Switching inhalers could lead to ‘major’ carbon footprint and financial savings Changing patients’ inhalers to cheaper brands that contain fewer greenhouse gases could lead to huge financial savings and a reduction in the UK’s carbon footprint, according to research recently published in the British Medical Journal
Confirmed cases of tick-borne encephalitis virus in UK Public Health England has now confirmed the presence of an infection in the UK that is spread by ticks and is more commonly found in Europe and Asia
Vaccination: decline in pre-school rates There has been a fall in uptake of nearly all pre-school vaccinations, such as Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccination (MMR) since 2012-13, a report by the National Audit Office has found 1 comment
New cystic fibrosis drug approved for UK use Orkambi, a drug that improves lung function in cystic fibrosis patients, could improve the lives of almost 4000 people in England
Tens of thousands given life changing diabetes monitors Nearly 30,000 people across the country with Type 1 diabetes have received life-changing diabetes monitors as part of the NHS Long Term Plan
Sexual orientation monitoring is ‘an important commitment’ for the NHS A report by the Women and Equalities Committee has recommended the introduction of compulsory monitoring of sexual orientation and gender identity across the UK
Public Health Wales issues advice after rise in mumps cases in Cardiff There has been a surge of suspected mumps cases in Cardiff, with Public Health Wales reporting 28 suspected cases
‘Nurses have been behind some of the greatest innovations in care’ Alex Turnbull discusses nursing, public health, and Brexit with the new RCN chief executive
Alcohol: First clinical treatment guidelines in development Clinical guidelines for alcohol treatment are being developed by Public Health England for the first time
Flavoured e-cigarettes should be banned, says outgoing medical chief Banning flavoured e-cigarettes would help to discourage children and teenagers from taking up smoking, according to Dame Sally Davies, the outgoing Chief Medical Officer 1 comment
Queen’s Speech outlines policies to ‘strengthen’ the NHS The Queen’s speech addressed the government’s plans for the NHS and for ‘enabling it to deliver the highest quality care’
New NHS service to provide mental health support for the homeless The NHS is rolling out a new service aimed at ensuring that those who are sleeping rough have access to mental health support and care
RCN pledges support to NHS plan to improve care for young people with mental health needs The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has welcomed the launch of a new NHS taskforce to deal with the ‘unacceptable situation’ in care for young people with mental health issues, learning disabilities and autism.
RCN welcomes new report on childhood obesity The RCN has said that the suggestions for tackling childhood obesity from Dame Sally Davies’ (outgoing Chief Medical Officer) report ‘could help make future generations healthier and happier’
Northern Ireland: Nurses to be balloted on strike action Nurses are being asked by the RCN if they are willing to take industrial action over the staffing and pay crisis for nurses in Northern Ireland
Mental health: new support platform launched A new platform, Every Mind Matters, aiming to provide simple steps to improve mental health has been launched by Public Health England and NHS England
QNI: The oldest nursing charity in the world Guinness World Records has confirmed that the Queen’s Nursing Institute is the world’s oldest nursing charity
Flu: Record numbers offered vaccine Around 25 million people in England will be offered free NHS flu jab this winter, Public Health England has announced
The climate crisis: RCN pledges to ‘take action’ The Royal College of Nursing has said it will ‘ensure that Government plays its part’ in dealing with the issue of climate change
Increasing childhood obesity ‘will overwhelm’ health services Over 250 million children in the world will be living with obesity by 2030 according to the first Atlas of Childhood Obesity
Heart attack gender gap ‘costing women's lives’ Inequalities in awareness, diagnosis and treatment of heart attacks are leading to women needlessly dying every day in the UK, according to a new report by the British Heart Foundation
Results of Royal College of Nursing Council Election announced The results of the election to the governing council of the RCN have been announced
Increased funding for cancer screening New funding will be used to replace MRI machines, CT scanners and breast screening equipment, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced
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