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Healthcare staff and families are being urged to respond to plans to overhaul children’s health services in Suffolk amid union warnings that specialist nursing support for vulnerable young people and parents is at risk. Unison has called on residents and staff to make their views known as Suffolk County Council consults on a redesign of its Healthy Child... Read more The post Nurses and families…
The union Unison has made a new appeal to the Home Office to reverse proposed visa changes amid concerns it will cause ‘irreparable damage’ to the care workforce. It comes after latest data analysed by the union shows the number of new international recruits hired into care jobs ‘plunged’ from 105,000 in 2023/24 to 30,000... Read more The post Fresh call to scrap immigration changes as care…
Women on menopausal hormone therapy are at a reduced risk of developing dementia, a new study has suggested. The authors stressed that while the research did not show that hormone therapy prevents dementia, it found that women using oestrogen-only hormone therapy had fewer biological signs associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The observational study also found that... Read more The post Menopausal…
The Scottish Government has been urged to use its upcoming budget review to prioritise investment in primary care and general practice nursing. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Scotland said more funding for the profession and improved data collection on the general practice nursing workforce was needed to help tackle pressures in primary care.... Read more The post Better investment and…
Pre-travel health consultations can raise complex questions, particularly in patients who are pregnant, immunocompromised, travelling at short notice or visiting friends and relatives in countries where infectious diseases are endemic. Nurses working in general practice and the community need to be able to assess individual risks, give clear and up-to-date advice, and recognise when vaccination...…
Hundreds of thousands of adults with type 2 diabetes could be offered a once-weekly insulin injection under new draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). NICE has recommended insulin efsitora alfa, also known as Onswik and made by Eli Lilly, which could cut the number of injections for people currently... Read more The post NICE recommends weekly insulin jab…
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has raised concerns over the resignation of Northern Ireland’s health minister and has vowed to ensure that delivering a pay award for the profession will remain a key priority for his successor. Mike Nesbitt announced his resignation this week, crediting a disagreement with Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) leader Jon... Read more The post Concern for nursing in…
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has highlighted the work of its #NursesforPeace initiative supporting nurses responding to conflicts, disasters and disease outbreaks around the world. Marking World Humanitarian Day on 19 August, the ICN published a new impact bulletin detailing work including Ebola infection prevention training in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),... Read more…
Health visitor team leaders in Glasglow have announced plans to take industrial action over an ongoing job evaluation dispute with their employer. Formal notice has been given to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHS GGC) that a group of health visitor team leaders will take action short of strike at this stage – meaning they... Read more The post Health visitor team leaders plan industrial action…
An NHS trust has increased its district nursing workforce and made changes to the team’s documentation, wound care and triage processes after a coroner raised concerns over a patient’s death. Edith Jones, 93, died in October last year from heart failure exacerbated by the strain of dealing with the infected grade 4 pressure ulcer at Tameside... Read more The post NHS trust makes changes to…
