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Nursing degree application numbers ‘still at crisis point’

Student nursing applications in England are almost a third lower than three years ago, figures from UCAS show

The modern scandal of menstrual education in our schools

Ian Peate explains why sex education is essential for school children

Can Jeremy make it to Number Ten?

A former health secretary may become our prime minister. It would be the smart choice, argues Mike Shallcross

Career profile: Kendra Scheller

Kendra Scheller, Nurse Practitioner, Health Inclusion Team, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Thinking again about assisted dying

This week Parliament entered the debate on assisted dying, with many MPs arguing for a change in the current law. IN Editor Mike Shallcross explains why he believes it's time for a rethink

Palliative care: Children’s hospices to receive funding boost

Funding for children’s hospices will rise to £25 million a year, NHS England has announced

Majority of young people have experienced or seen mental health conditions

Three in five young people have either experienced a mental health problem themselves, or are close to someone who has, according to new research by Mind

Obesity causes more common cancers than smoking

People who are obese now outnumber people who smoke two to one in the UK, and excess weight causes more cases of certain cancers than smoking, new findings from Cancer Research UK have shown

‘Tens of thousands’ still smoking during pregnancy

More than 61,399 mothers-to-be, more than one in ten of all pregnant women, were still smoking at the time they gave birth in 2018, figures released by NHS Digital have shown

Only a quarter of people understand the environmental impact of inhalers

Asthma affects 5.4 million people in the UK, but only a minority of British people are aware that different inhalers have different environmental impacts

Dental care – a fundamental human right?

Good oral health should be seen as a fundamental human right; it is inseparable from a person’s general health and wellbeing. Nurses are ideally placed in making every contact count, particularly with...

San Francisco becomes first city in the USA to ban vaping

San Francisco has become the first city in the USA to restrict the sale of e-cigarettes, in a bid to curb their use by young people

RCN supports BMA call for knife crime to be treated as a public health issue

RCN Professional Lead for Public Health, Helen Donovan said: ’Nurses see the tragic impact of knife crime every day of the week, not only on lives but also on health services'

PHE warns that more fatalities are likely as strep A outbreak kills 12

Public Health England (PHE) has warned of a ‘high risk’ of more fatalities, after an outbreak of the invasive Group A streptococcal infection across Essex led to 12 deaths

Number of NHS learning disability nurses plummets

The number of learning disability (LD) nurses in NHS inpatient and secure units has dropped by almost 60% in 10 years, analysis by the RCN has found

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