Between 2011 and 2021, NHS nurses’ average basic earnings fell by 5% in real terms after accounting for consumer price inflation, analysis by the Health Foundation has revealed
David Morris explains the updated guidance on diabetes management for primary care nurses
Margaret Perry looks at the diagnosis and treatment of these common, and painful, skin conditions
Legacy nurses are using a lifetime of knowledge, skills and experience - ‘paying it forward’ to the next generation. Kathy Oxtoby reports on how a legacy nurse pilot programme is boosting retention,...
Year on year rises in the age of sale for cigarettes and other tobacco products could be introduced, after an independent review commissioned by the Government recommended the measures
An overwhelming majority of voting members at RCN Congress have given their support for protecting ‘nurse’ in law
Racism is endemic in health and care with White nurses twice as likely to get promoted as Black and Asian staff, an RCN survey has found
The UK government must invest in nurse-led services and research to support the growing number of long COVID sufferers struggling to access specialist care, the RCN has said
New figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) have estimated that a record two million people are now suffering from COVID-19 in the UK, with 400,000 reporting that it was adversely...
The number of incidents of violence in general practice has doubled in the last five years, with doctors blaming staff shortages and fake news about their being unwilling to see patients during the...
As of 24 May, the total number of monkeypox cases detected in the UK has reached 78, according to The UK Health Security Agency
Three quarters of the UK public think the NHS is understaffed and underequipped to effectively manage cancer, a new poll carried out by YouGov for Cancer Research UK has revealed
Nearly four in five of those aged 75+ who became eligible at the end of March for COVID-19 booster have taken up the vaccine, according to data from the UK Health Security Agency
The Government says that it is on track to deliver 26,000 more primary care staff to help improve patient access to appointments
Christine Loveridge explains how respiratory care can be improved in the wake of the COVID pandemic
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