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Clinical assessment for psoriasis in a primary care setting

Suneeta Kochhar looks at what nurses need to know about this common dermatological condition

Nine in 10 RCN members say pay offer is unacceptable

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is urging the UK and Welsh governments to ‘do the right thing’ by reconsidering the 3% pay award for NHS staff

Most vulnerable to be offered COVID-19 booster vaccines

Millions of vulnerable people are to be offered a COVID-19 booster vaccine from next week, under the Government’s winter plans to combat the coronavirus pandemic

Diabetes and mental health: management in primary care

David Morris explains how diabetes may cause distress and damage to a patient’s mental health

Learning lessons from COVID-19

Nurses share the lessons they have been learning since the pandemic began, how this is helping their practice, and the new ways of working that will be retained in the future. Kathy Oxtoby reports

The fix for social care that never was

As winter draws closer, what can we do about social care reform, asks Mike Shallcross

All nursing staff should have any vaccine deemed necessary

The Government is seeking views on plans for staff in health and care settings in England to be required to have COVID-19 and flu vaccines to protect vulnerable people

Four in five people aged 16 and over vaccinated with both doses

More than 80% of people aged 16 and over in the UK have received 2 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced

Charity appeals for nurses and midwives to do 10k Their Way to help colleagues

The Cavell Trust has issued its annual call for nurses to support colleagues in need, by taking part in the 10k Their Way campaign.

Government continues to bury its head in the sand over social care, says RCN

The Government’s long-promised plan to fix social care has been slammed by the RCN, for not addressing low pay and critical staff shortages in the sector

Nurses and midwives feel ‘unprepared and unsupported’ in first roles

Many newly qualified nurses and midwives say they feel unprepared for their first job due to missed learning as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey from UNISON has found

Veterans’ mental health services to receive £2.7 million boost

Armed forces veterans will benefit from extra support including extra mental health services due to £2.7 million funding, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced

RCN Congress 2021 to be held exclusively online

This year’s RCN congress will take place virtually, after the organisation’s Council members decided this was the best way to safeguard members, after allegations of serious sexual harassment came to...

COVID-19: Initiative boosts ethnic minority vaccinations

The ‘grab-a-jab’ campaign by NHS England has vaccinated more than 700,000 people from ethnic minority backgrounds since rolling out

NAFLD and its link with type-2 diabetes: why we should be worried

Louise Cremonesini and Emma Harkin look at this increasingly common form of liver disease

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