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Yvonne Coghill has resigned as Royal College of Nursing deputy president two months before her term was due to end, it has been announced. Ms Coghill, who was until recently the head of NHS England’s workforce race equality programme, said it had been a “difficult…

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A definition of the phenomenon commonly known as long Covid has been published today as part of the development of the first UK guideline for health professionals on managing the newly emerging condition. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the Scottish Intercollegiate…

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Patient-facing health workers were three times more likely to be admitted to hospital with Covid-19 during the first wave of the pandemic compared with other working age adults in Scotland, a new study has found. Staff working in “front door” roles, such as those in…

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A nurse is seeking to “fill the gaps” between services for people living with both mental health problems and drug or alcohol dependency in East Anglia as part of a new leadership role. Leah Spry has been appointed as a specialist dual diagnosis lead working…

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Concerns around nurse fatigue and emotional distress during the coronavirus pandemic have been raised by authors of a review into hospital transmission of Covid-19. A new report from the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) documents an investigation into the risk factors contributing to hospital-acquired infection…

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Work must be done to “dispel some of the myths” around the role of nurses in research and ensure staff have time to participate in this type of activity during their working days, nurse leaders have said. Speaking at the virtual Nightingale 2020 Conference earlier…

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The nurse death toll from Covid-19 has now matched that recorded in the First World War, despite figures only being available from less than a quarter of countries globally. International Council of Nurses chief executive Howard Catton today revealed that 1,500 nurses across 44 countries…

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Action to improve the provision of food for nurses working in hospitals, particularly those on night shifts, must be an “urgent priority”, according to a new review published today. An independent review of hospital food has made a list of recommendations on how NHS trusts…

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Health Education England’s chief nurse has warned it is vital to understand what student nurses have been through in the response to Covid-19 and to ensure this does not negatively impact on their transition into the profession. Speaking at the Queen’s Nursing Institute annual conference,…

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The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has launched a consultation on updating its code of ethics for nurses around the world, which was last refreshed eight years ago. The global nursing body said that, given the challenges facing nurses today, a “newly revised and refreshed”…

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