NHS rolls out new ‘lifeline’ combination therapy for hundreds of women with womb cancer
Hundreds of women with advanced womb cancer in England are to be offered a new ‘lifeline’ option from today, as the NHS rolls out a life-extending new combination therapy that can halt the progression of the disease for twice as long as chemotherapy. The NHS has agreed landmark commercial deals for two drugs from different manufacturers, which will be used in combination to treat advanced endometrial cancer in between 500 and 750 women each year.
A&E corridor care is destroying staff morale, nurses warn
Emergency nurses have issued fresh warnings about rising numbers of patients being treated in corridors and waiting rooms, as A&E departments become more and more stretched.
Q&A: the benefits of digital technologies in nursing
For International Nurses Day, we spoke to two nurses who are passionate about the use of digital technologies in healthcare and the benefit they have for people receiving care.
Celebrating International Nurses Day 2023
This International Nurses Day, we’re celebrating all the nursing professionals and students across the UK who work tirelessly to improve people’s health and wellbeing.
Number of repeat prescriptions ordered via NHS App up by 92% in the last year
More than 500,000 repeat prescriptions are now booked through the NHS App every week. New figures released by NHS England show that since the NHS App’s launch in December 2018, more than 42 million repeat prescriptions have been ordered through the app.
Tackling the crisis in general practice
The Health Foundation’s report on the Commonwealth Fund’s 2022 international health policy survey of primary care physicians in 10 countries makes for sobering reading.1 Illustrating some worrying trends, its standout findings include rising workloads, higher levels of burnout, and worsening job satisfaction. Strikingly, UK general practitioners score lowest of all countries in terms of satisfaction with the amount of time they spend with patients. Most (71%) find their work extremely or very st
